Weingeart
A reasonable doubt is such doubt as you may have in your mind when having fairly considered all of the evidence, you do not feel satisfied to a moral certainty of the guilt of the defendant.
Winegeart
A reasonable doubt is a fair, actual, logical doubt that arises in the mind as an impartial consideration of all of the evidence and the circumstances in the case.
Winegeart
It is not every doubt, however, it is a reasonable one.
Winegeart
You are not warranted in considering as reasonable those doubts that may be merely speculative or products of the imagination, and you may not act upon mere whim, guess or surmise or upon the mere possibility of guilt.
Winegeart
It does not contemplate absolute or mathematical certainty. Despite every precaution that may be taken to prevent it, there may be in all matters depending upon human testimony for proof, a mere possibility of error.
Winegeart
If, after considering all of the evidence, you have reached such a firm belief in the guilt of the defendant that you would feel safe to act upon that belief, without hesitation, in a matter of the highest concern and importance to you, then you have reached that degree of certainty which excludes reasonable doubt and authorizes conviction.
Winegeart
[I]t is your personal duty to refuse to convict as long as you have reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt as charged. Likewise, it is your personal duty to vote for conviction as long as you are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt as charged.
Winegeart
Indiana: Defines a "reasonable doubt" as a "fair, actual and logical doubt," one that is based on "reason and common sense" rather than on "imagination or speculation" (p.1498).
Federal: Talks about "a real possibility that [the defendant] is not guilty" rather than the prosecution having to overcome "every possible doubt" (p.1500).
Winegeart
Indiana: Uses the idea of "a degree of certainty" so great "that you would feel safe to act upon such conviction, without hesitation, in a matter of the highest concern and importance to you" (p.1498).
Federal: Talks about being "firmly convinced that the defendant is guilty" (p.1500).