The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Becerra-Flores, 24 F.3d 250 (9th Cir. 1994):
Victor held that due process does not require trial courts to define reasonable doubt as "a matter of course." Id. at 4180. Instead, "taken as a whole, the instructions [must] correctly convey the concept of reasonable doubt to the jury." Id. (quoting Holland v. United States, 348 U.S. 121, 140 (1954)) (alteration in original).
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