136 Tex. Crim. 536 - Linch v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Proof which only amounts to a strong suspicion or mere probability is not sufficient to support a conviction. Each fact in the chain of circumstances necessary to establish the defendant’s guilt must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and all the circumstances taken together must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except the guilt of the accused.” Linch v. State, 136 Tex.Cr.R. 536 , 127 S.W.2d 199, 200 . Burris v. State, 168 Tex.Cr.R. 375 , 327 S.W.2d 756 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garrett v. State