ARTICLE II
BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 4. Due Process and Fair Trial.

(2) Every person charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1. PRELIMINARY

§1.12. Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt; Defenses; Burden of Proving Fact When Not an Element of an Offense; Presumptions.
(1) No person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of such offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. In the absence of such proof, the innocence of the defendant is assumed.

TITLE IV. ARRAIGNMENT AND PREPARATION FOR TRIAL

Rule 11. Pleas

(b) Considering and Accepting a Guilty or Nolo Contendere Plea.

(1) Advising and Questioning the Defendant. Before the court accepts a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the defendant may be placed under oath, and the court must address the defendant personally in open court. During this address, the court must inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant understands, the following :

(C) the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt ;