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2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 21. - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 31. - PRELIMINARY
21-3109 Defendant presumed innocent; reasonable doubt as to guilt.
21-3109. Defendant presumed innocent; reasonable doubt as to guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved. When there is a reasonable doubt as to his guilt, he must be acquitted. When there is a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees of an offense he is guilty, he may be convicted of the lowest degree only.
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