Victor v. Nebraska, No. 92-8894 (U.S. Supreme Court) (511 U.S. 1; 114 S.Ct. 1239) (March 22, 1994) (Justice O'Connor)
Here the Court defined "reasonable doubt" as "a doubt that would cause a reasonable person to hestitate to act" (id., at 20), and explained that in order to convict on that standard, the fact-finder should have "an abiding conviction as to guilt." (Id., at 14). The Court also noted that ...
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