Court Opinion

ID: 9680799
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:38:51.466002+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:30.387785
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
ODOM, Judge.
Motion for leave to file motion for rehearing was granted in this case to address the standard of proof on the sufficiency of the evidence to prove causation. The constitutionally required burden of proof in criminal cases is that the State establish all elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. See, Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684, 95 S.Ct. 1881, 44 L.Ed.2d 508 (1975); In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S.Ct. 1068, 25 L.Ed.2d (1970). We disavow the language in our opinion on original submission that addressed the sufficiency of the evidence to prove causation in terms of “reasonable medical probability.” That term has no role to play in the law of burden of proof in criminal cases. From the evidence set out in the opinion on original submission, we hold the issue was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.