Principle

CRIMINAL LAW — Proof — Circumstantial Evidence — Standard Required

Area of law
CRIMINAL LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Circumstantial evidence is not inferior to direct evidence. It can be the best evidence available. Circumstantial evidence consists of surrounding circumstances that, by undesigned coincidence, prove a proposition with mathematical accuracy. Calling evidence circumstantial is not derogatory. The principle corrects the misconception that circumstantial evidence…

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