Court Opinion

ID: 9427216
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:20:02.568668+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:03.507196
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Brennan,
concurring.
I join the Court’s opinion because in reversing petitioner’s conviction it reaffirms that “the ‘presumption of innocence, although not articulated in the Constitution, is a basic component of a fair trial under our system of criminal justice,’ ” ante, at 479, quoting Estelle v. Williams, 425 U. S. 501, 503 (1976). It follows from this proposition, as is clear from the *491Court’s opinion, that trial judges should instruct the jury on a criminal defendant’s entitlement to a presumption of innocence in all cases where such an instruction is requested.