Court Opinion

ID: 9547220
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:43:51.888931+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:17:28.749004
License: Public Domain

Green, C.J.
(concurring) — While the majority correctly *407expresses the law of Washington with regard to defendant’s proposed hypothesis of innocence instruction, No. 9, for this case, I believe the use of such an instruction is confusing and should be abandoned. Holland v. United States, 348 U.S. 121, 99 L. Ed. 150, 75 S. Ct. 127 (1954). Circumstantial evidence is, intrinsically, no different than testimonial evidence. Consequently, a proper instruction as to the standard for reasonable doubt should be sufficient.