Sentences with phrase «involving circumstantial evidence»

Often these claims involve circumstantial evidence rather than direct proof.

Not exact matches

There can be hard evidence (incontrovertiable forensics) and circumstantial evidence, which is evidence — i.e. admitted to court — but might turn out to be coincidence (forensics involved, but not a direct link between individual and crime) or, if testimonial, untrusted.

Your Honor: No, we don't have a tacit admission from the party involved, Chevrolet, but we think you will find the circumstantial evidence rather compelling.

Under a 1939 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving movie tickets, now known as the Interstate Circuit Doctrine, collusion can be proven by circumstantial evidence when it's clear that without the agreement of the group, each firm would be acting against its own interest, he said.

[19] We have trouble seeing that circumstantial evidence could prove guilt where it leaves a reasonable (not remote) possibility that the event occurred in a way not involving the accused.

When there is no direct evidence of a motor vehicle accident itself, either because the defendant denies being involved in the vehicle and there are no other witnesses, then circumstantial evidence becomes important in leading the jury to believe that the accident did in fact occur and the defendant is liable for the accident.

McLachlin C.J.C. explained that an assessment of the sufficiency of such circumstantial evidence necessarily involves a limited weighing of the evidence to determine whether the evidence is reasonably capable of supporting the inferences the Crown will be seeking at trial, although this weighing process at a preliminary inquiry excludes any credibility assessments or consideration of whether the inferences will in fact be drawn.