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Taylor v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States (1978) | 56 L. Ed. 2d 468; 98 S. Ct. 1930; 436 U.S. 478; 1978 U.S. LEXIS 95
TL;DR: A defendant was convicted after the trial court refused to instruct the jury on the presumption of innocence. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that under the circumstances of the case, this refusal violated the defendant's due process right to a fair trial.
Legal Significance: Establishes that the presumption of innocence is a component of Fourteenth Amendment due process. A requested jury instruction on this presumption may be constitutionally required, depending on the totality of circumstances, to ensure the jury's verdict is based solely on trial evidence.