What is the reasonable doubt standard in closing arguments?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fisk, B279806 (Cal. App. 2018):
which provides: "[n]othing that the attorneys say is evidence. In their . . . closing arguments, the attorneys discuss the case, but their remarks are not evidence . . . Only the witnesses' answers are evidence." We presume the jury followed the trial court's instructions that correctly defined the reasonable doubt standard. (People v. Doolin (2009) 45 Cal.4th 390, 444.)
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