What is the test for establishing a relationship between permissively inferred fact and proven fact?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jimenez, 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 76, 246 Cal.App.4th 726 (Cal. App. 2016):
"The due process clauses of the federal Constitution ... require a relationship between the permissively inferred fact and the proven fact on which it depends." (People v. Mendoza (2000) 24 Cal.4th 130, 180, 99 Cal.Rptr.2d 485, 6 P.3d 150.) The standard of evaluating this relationship has been variously described as " rational connection, " " more likely than not, " and " reasonable doubt. " (
[246 Cal.App.4th 735]
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