¶21 (dissenting) — Despite forbidding our trial courts from using the Castle 12 instruction to define “reasonable doubt,” the majority incongruously affirms Bruce Bennett’s conviction, claiming the deficient instruction did not violate his due process rights. I disagree. If a reasonable doubt instruction is so lacking in its description of the burden of proof that we disavow its use, then surely we cannot be convinced the jury pro…
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