Topic: circumstantial evidence always requires an inferential step… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 18 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Harris.

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1 State v. Harris Anchor
minn · 2017
green “circumstantial evidence always requires an inferential step to prove a fact that is not required with direct evidence.” 6
2 State of Minnesota v. Diamond Lee Jamal Griffin
minn · 2016
green “when evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence, appellate courts carefully examine the record to determine whether the facts and the legitimate inferences drawn from them would permit the jury to reasonably conclude that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the…” 4
3 State of Minnesota v. Diamond Lee Jamal Griffin
minn · 2016
green “the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and it must be assumed that the fact-finder disbelieved any evidence that conflicted with the verdict.” 4
4 State of Minnesota v. Diamond Lee Jamal Griffin
minn · 2016
green “the verdict will not be overturned if the fact-finder, upon application of the presumption of innocence and the state's burden of proving an offense beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably have found the defendant guilty of the charged offense.” 4

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