Sullivan v. Louisiana, No. 92-5129 (U.S. Supreme Court) (508 U.S. 275; 113 S.Ct. 2078) (June 1, 1993) (Justice Scalia)
This case represents the Supreme Court most recent (and often confusing) statement on the meaning of "reasonable doubt"; and, relying on its decision in Cage v. Louisiana, 498 U.S. 39, it held that the instruction given was improper.
In this case the Court addressed the issue of whether a constitutionally ...
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