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Ohio · Through 1960-01-01 (Senate Bill 73 - 103rd General Assembly)

Ohio Rev. Code § 2938.08: Defendant presumed innocent.

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  1. Title 29 Crimes-Procedure
  2. Chapter 2938 Trial - Magistrate Courts

A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until he is proved guilty of the offense charged, and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he shall be acquitted. The presumption of innocence places upon the state (or the municipality) the burden of proving him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

In charging a jury the trial court shall state the meaning of the presumption of innocence and of reasonable doubt in each case.

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