Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:438 – Circumstantial evidence
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:438
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
The rule as to circumstantial evidence is: assuming every fact to be proved that the evidence tends to prove, in order to convict, it must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.