Principle

EVIDENCE LAW – Circumstantial Evidence – Standard Required for Conviction

Area of law
EVIDENCE LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Circumstantial evidence must clearly and forcibly suggest that the accused committed the offence and that no one else could have been the offender. The inference of guilt must be the only rational conclusion. The evidence must exclude any reasonable possibility of innocence. The standard is…

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