Can substantial evidence be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Reeser, F068144 (Cal. App. 2014):
Circumstantial evidence can connect a defendant with the crime and prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Bradford (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1229, 1329.) If the circumstances, plus all the logical inferences the jury might have drawn from them,
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reasonably justify the jury's findings, our opinion that the circumstances might also reasonably be reconciled with a contrary finding does not warrant a reversal of the judgment. (Ibid.; People v. Panah (2005) 35 Cal.4th 395, 488.)
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