Opinion ID: 1209976
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Reasonable Doubt Instruction is Insufficient.

Text: The giving of the reasonable doubt instruction in this case was reversible error for the same reasons expressed in State v. Rhoades, 121 Idaho 63, 83-4, 822 P.2d 960, 980-1 (1991) (Bistline, J., dissenting), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 962, 122 L.Ed.2d 119 (1993). Accordingly, I would reverse and remand for a new trial. Sullivan v. Louisiana, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S.Ct. 2078, 2082, 124 L.Ed.2d 182 (1993) (holding that the giving of an erroneous reasonable doubt instruction can never be harmless error).