Steven Klein v. California, et al.
DueProcess
Whether the trial court erred by overruling Klein's objection to prosecution's misstated of the burden of proof during closing arguments
QUESTION PRESENTED . Whether the trial court erred by overruling Klein's objection to prosecution's misstated of the burden of proof during closing arguments when he instructed the jury pot to determine whether the State had proven every fact, but instead, he charged the jury with considering all of the competing evidence together — in conglomeration — in deciding whether there was a reasonable doubt about Klein's guilt; does it not violate The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which “protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged.” Cage v. Louisiana, 498 U.S. 39 (1990), , citing In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 364.