63 Or. App. 707 - State v. Lerch’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. “... circumstantial evidence, like direct evidence, must indicate guilt to the extent that there is no reasonable doubt of that conclusion. In essence, circumstantial and direct evidence is to be analyzed the same in determining its sufficiency to establish a disputed issue_ It would be inconsistent to require more from circumstantial evidence to establish the corpus delicti than is required to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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