WPCB # VUNa % 0(4b 0 0D  U: 8 8 0J@ w  0T 0^ 0hZ 0r 0|4 0 06 1u 0d; BU>U*B)$ D3MDC AM 0@P2v~Lv AO 0D D/ B%HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpiPSCRIPT0 (9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($ԡ ( @ d3|x- -(Z(2ު$ !  4XXXX   0  (#$  0  ,rAZ"Arial Regular2 0Indent123  Ӏ2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X d<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d$$$$'dxd))))7Border 1dd-+C << G("$     !'  ((   YYY FILED(XOctober17,1996CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk    !#d#'   $ 4   (       Theappellantchallengesthefollowingexcerptfromhisjuryinstruction:8 ...Reasonabledoubtisthatdoubtengenderedbyaninvestigationofalloftheproofinthecase,andaninabilityaftersuchinvestigationtoletthemindresteasilyastothecertaintyofguilt.Reasonabledoubtdoesnotmeana(sic)captious,possibleorimaginarydoubt.Absolutecertaintyofguiltisnotdemandedbythelawtoconvictofanycriminalcharge;butmoralcertaintyisrequired,andthiscertaintyisrequiredastoeverypropositionofproofrequisitetoconstitutetheoffense.PtPtHP(HPP  'Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   BA Op Geneva  BA Op Geneva -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . '  4   (\RA'\L,.+;+'h|`  `L INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE ` XDpX      ATNASHVILLE` XDpX   Q SEPTEMBER1996SESSION   ` D ` cTHOMASHEBRON, ) `  c  )C.C.A.No.01C019512CC00416 Appellant, )  )HickmanCountỳV. )  )HonorableDonaldP.Harris,Judge   ) STATEOFTENNESSEE,  )(Rule9Interlocutory)  ) Appellee. )` FORTHEAPPELLANT: FORTHEAPPELLEE:TommieHebron,ProSe CharlesW.BursonWestTNHighSecurityFacility AttorneyGeneral&ReporterP.O.Box1050Henning,TN380411050 KarenM.Yacuzzo AssistantAttorneyGeneral 450JamesRobertsonParkway Nashville,TN372430493 JosephD.Baugh,Jr. DistrictAttorneyGeneral RonaldL.Davis Asst.Dist.AttorneyGeneral P.O.Box937 Franklin,TN37064 OPINIONFILED:___________________ AFFIRMED JosephM.Tipton , Judge `  p     Q OPINION   7zXXdXXd7 ӛ Theappellantwasconvictedoffirstdegreemurder.Hewassentencedtolifeimprisonment.TheTennesseeSupremeCourtdeniedpermissiontoappealin1986.In1987,theappellantwasdeniedhabeascorpusrelief.In1989,theappellantfiledhisfirstpetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Thepetitionwasdismissed.In1994,hefiledaPetitionforHabeasCorpusand/orPostConvictionRelief.Hissecondpetitionwassummarilydismissed.In1995,theappellantfiledaMotiontoReopenFirstPostConvictionRelief.Themotionwasdismissedandtheappellantappeals. Theappellantarguesthathisoriginaljuryinstructionwasconstitutionallyinfirm. /   כHemaintainstheinstructionviolateddueprocessbyrequiringalowerburdenofproofthanthatconstitutionallymandated.HefurtherarguesthathisconstitutionalchallengewasnotcognizablepriortoRickmanv.Dutton,864F.Supp.686(M.D.Tenn.1994)and,therefore,shouldnotbeprocedurallybarred. Thetrialjudgedismissedtheappellant'srequestforrelief"forfailuretostateϜgroundsonwhichreliefcanbegranted."Uponreview,wefindnoerroroflawmandatingreversal.SeeCarterv.State,No.03C019506CC00179(Tenn.Crim.App.July15,1996)(holdinginstructionconstitutional).Thetrialcourt'sdismissalisaffirmedinaccordancewithTenn.R.Ct.Crim.App.,Rule20.  __________________________________  PAULG.SUMMERS,JudgeCONCUR:______________________________GARYR.WADE,Judge______________________________L.T.LAFFERTY,SpecialJudge