Opinion ID: 1700472
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Heading: Definition of Reasonable Doubt

Text: The district court administered the same jury instruction defining reasonable doubt that has been upheld by both this court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Victor v. Nebraska, ___ U.S. ___, 114 S.Ct. 1239, 127 L.Ed.2d 583 (1994); State v. Van Ackeren, 242 Neb. 479, 495 N.W.2d 630 (1993), cert. denied ___ U.S. ___, 114 S.Ct. 113, 126 L.Ed.2d 78. Derry proposed an alternative definition of reasonable doubt at trial, which he urges this court to adopt, at least prospectively, as the proper definition. Derry's arguments are not compelling, and we find that this assignment of error is without merit.