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Instructing Illinois Juries on the Definition of “Reasonable Doubt”: The Need for Reform, 27 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 921 (1996)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | O'neill, Timothy |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Abstract | It is difficult to find a plainer or more explicit definition of reasonable doubt than the words themselves, and efforts to do so usually result merely in an elaboration of language without any corresponding amplification of the idea.' I find it rather unsettling that we are using a formulation that we believe will become less clear the more we explain it. 2 I. INTRODUCTION The jury empaneled to decide whether Terry Williams aided and abetted the man who killed Ricky Lee Moore faced a difficult task.' Ricky Lee Moore was shot in the head while he was talking to a friend on a pay phone. 4 At trial, the state presented witnesses who testified that a man fitting Terry Williams's general description was seen running from the murder scene.' Another witness, Dion Lowe, testified that Terry Williams was the "right hand man" to the leader of a large Chicago street gang. 6 Lowe further testified that Williams approached Robert Hawkins, a fellow gang member, gave him a gun, and told him to kill Moore. When Robert Hawkins was arrested, he told the authorities that Terry Williams told him that the leader of their gang |
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