Is it more likely than not that the prosecution's evidence in a sexual assault case is reasonable?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Klein, G050783 (Cal. App. 2016):
5. "Even if the 'more likely than not' test were to apply here, we would find that the prosecution's evidence failed to rise to the level required to make the inference reasonable." (People v. Beltran, supra, 157 Cal.App.4th at p. 247, fn. 12.)
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