The court instructed the jury that "if you find [the victim] was truthful and accurate in her testimony to you, her testimony without any other eyewitness to what happened inside the car, under the law satisfies the proof beyond a reasonable doubt." Viewed in isolation, this was incorrect, because it omitted any reminder to the jury that such testimony, even if truthful and accurate, would still have to satisfy the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt; in particular...
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