State v. Jettinghoff’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “There is a single standard of proof for all criminal convictions, and the test is the same in a case of either circumstantial or direct evidence.... When the state produces circumstantial evidence tending to support an inference of the defendant’s guilt, the jury must also consider, of course, any explanation for the evidence consistent with the defendant’s innocence. The jury’s guilty verdict must be based not on a determination that there exists no alternative explanation, but that, after assessing the credibility of such explanations, they raise no reasonable doubts as to the defendant’s guilt.”

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