What is the test for reducing the burden of proof in a criminal case to less than preponderance?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Waters, 163 Cal.App.3d 935, 209 Cal.Rptr. 661 (Cal. App. 1985):
His claim of error is based on the later case of People v. Roder (1983) 33 Cal.3d 491, 189 Cal.Rptr. 501, 658 P.2d 1302. He insists that Roder lowered his burden of proof from preponderance to merely raising a reasonable doubt as to his guilt.
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