Principle

CRIMINAL LAW – Evidence – Circumstantial Evidence – Inference of Guilt Must Be Irresistible

Area of law
CRIMINAL LAW
Court
Supreme Court

The inference of guilt from circumstantial evidence must be irresistible—cogent, positive, and compelling, pointing to the accused and no other person. The inevitable force of the circumstances must lie in the unmistakable aim of the totality of the evidence. The evidence, by undesigned coincidence, must…

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