OK OUJI-CR 8-30. DEFENSE OF EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE – BURDEN OF PROOF

State: Oklahoma

Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions–Criminal (OUJI-CR)

OK OUJI-CR 8-30.  DEFENSE OF EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE – BURDEN OF PROOF

It is the burden of the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the death is not excusable homicide. If you find that the State has failed to sustain that burden, then the defendant must be found not guilty.

NOTE: Updated by LOSD, 10/24/17.