What is a reasonable inference for a judge to conclude that a person who has not been convicted of a crime has committed a crime by way of reasoning?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, B281118 (Cal. App. 2018):
We find this conclusion speculative, not an inference reasonably drawn from the evidence. A reviewing court must draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the judgment; however a reasonable inference is a deduction logically drawn from proven facts. (People v. Massie (2006) 142 Cal.App.4th 365, 373-374.) "[S]peculation, conjecture, [and] surmise . . . cannot rise to the dignity of an inference. [Citations.]" (Id. at p. 374.)
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