How has the court treated the argument that the court improperly attributed more weight to circumstantial evidence than to direct evidence?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Salameh, 152 F.3d 88, 1998 WL 440473 (2nd Cir. 1998):

We finally address the appellants' contention that the court improperly attributed more weight to circumstantial evidence than to direct evidence by stating that, "[d]irect evidence i[s] often misleading [while] circumstantial evidence is quite sufficient." While the court should have instructed the jury, as it did earlier in its charge, that both types of evidence are weighed equally, United States v. Botsch, 364 F.2d 542, 550 (2d Cir.1966), it is noteworthy that the court gave this instruction in the context of inferring culpable knowledge or intent.

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