A trial judge must not advance to the jury a motive or theory of guilt that the prosecution has expressly declined to ask the jury to find established, particularly where the suggested motive is speculative and not reasonably available on the evidence. Where the prosecution case depends principally on confessional statements and the accused accepts making the statements but denies their truth, the jury must be directed that they cannot rely on the confessions unless satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of their truth and accuracy.
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