Arkansas Model Jury Instructions – Criminal
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTORY INSTRUCTIONS

AMCI 2d 110 REASONABLE DOUBT

Reasonable doubt is not a mere possible or imaginary doubt. It is a doubt that arises from your consideration of the evidence and one that would cause a careful person to pause and hesitate in the graver transactions of life. A juror is satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt if after an impartial consideration of all the evidence he has an abiding conviction of the truth of the charge.

 

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