TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 21

TRIAL

19-2104.  Presumption of innocence — Reasonable doubt. A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal.

History:

[19-2104, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 8, p. 987.]