How have the courts interpreted the reasonable doubt standard?

standard.⁵ In this circumstance, knowing the court's instruction would be the last word on the reasonable doubt standard, trial counsel reasonably could have declined to object to the prosecutor's argument, relying on the jury to follow the court's instruction. (See People v. Osband (1996) 13 Cal.4th 622, 717 [when a prosecutor's argument conflicts with the trial court's instructions, reviewing court presumes the jury followed the instructions and disregarded the argument].)