Guam · Guam Code Annotated Title 8 — Criminal Procedure
8 GCA § 1096: Rules as to pleading and proof of Adefenses@are set forth in Subsection (b), which requires the prosecution to negative such a defense by proof only when the evidence at the trial is sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt on the issue
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes procedural rules for how criminal defenses are pleaded and proven at trial, including when the prosecution must disprove defenses and when defendants must prove affirmative defenses.
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