What is the current state of the law in the context of sexual assault cases?

^12. The court in Ames went on to say there has to be some evidence tending to raise at least a "suspicion" of the accused's guilt. (Ames, supra, 39 Cal. at p. 404.) This aspect of Ames was overruled in People v. Kempley (1928) 205 Cal. 441, 455-456, in which the court said the slight evidence must be more than a mere suspicion.