DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Did the trial court's statements during jury selection equating being convinced beyond a reasonable doubt with being 'sure' or 'positive' of guilt violate petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due-process,jury-trial
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the trial court’s statements during jury selection . equating being convinced beyond a reasonable doubt with ; being “sure” or “positive” of guilt violate petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and jury ) trial? 2: Did the trial court’s act of giving several varying and conflicting descriptions of the reasonable doubt burden of proof, some of which were misleading, undermine the strictness of the standard in the jurors’ minds in violation of petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and a jury trial? ii