Chapter 21: Crimes And Punishments

PART I.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 31: Preliminary

Statute 21-3109: Defendant presumed innocent; reasonable doubt as to guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved. When there is a reasonable doubt as to his guilt, he must be acquitted. When there is a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees of an offense he is guilty, he may be convicted of the lowest degree only.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3109; July 1, 1970.