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1、法学研究方法作业TheForgottendinnerGuest:The“Beyondareasonabledoubt”StandardinamotionforaJudgmentofacquittalinaFederalBenchTrialJaredKneiteltabstractIncomparisontociviltrials,criminaltrialsaredecidedonmorestringentstandardsofproofhowever,motionsforjudgmentofacquitta
2、lincriminalnon-jurytrialsarecurrentlydecidedonamerelegalsufficiencystandardasopposedtothe“beyondareasonabledoubt”standard.Thisarticleexaminesthelackofreasoninganduniformityindecidingthesemotionsaswellasthepotentialdangersandinjusticesposedtoadefendantbyappl
3、yingalowerstandard.Throughanexaminationofbothdomesticandforeignlaw,theauthorarguesfortheapplicationofthe“beyondareasonabledoubt“standardwhendeterminingmotionsforjudgmentofacquittalincriminalnon-jurytrials.welcometothedinnerParty:IntroductionThestandardforju
4、dgingaciviltrialislowerthanthestandardforjudgingguiltinacriminaltrial,andthereisnojuryinanon-jurytrial.Somehow-despitethesetwoveryobviousconclusions-thenineteenthcenturystandardfordeterminingamotionforadirectedverdictinaciviljurytrialisstillappliedtoourmode
5、mmotionforajudgmentofacquittalinacriminalnon-jurytrial.Inacriminaltrial,atthecloseofthegovernment’scase-in-chief,thedefensemaymakeamotionforajudgmentofacquittalononeormoreoffensescharged.’Ifthemotionisunsuccessfulandthedefensecalls
6、 acase,thedefensemaymakeanothermotionforajudgmentofacquittalatthecloseofitscase.Thisarticleconcernsonlythemotionattheendofthegovernment’scase.atpresent,themotionwillsucceedonlyifthegovernmenthasnotpresentedlegallysuffi
7、cient’evidenceofalltheelementsoftheparticularoffenseoroffenses.Thisarticlediscusseswhy,inanon-jurytrial,the“beyondareasonabledoubt”standardshouldbeapplied-insteadofmerelythelegalsufficiencystandard-whenthebenchconsidersamotionforajudgmentofacquittal.Notknow
8、ingwhetherthegovernmenthasproven-inthejudge’smind-thedefendant’sguiltbeforeinvitingthedefendanttocallacaseactuallymilitatesagainstthepresumptionofinnocence,theassurancethatthegovernmentdischargesitsbur
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