What is the meaning of reasonable likelihood in law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sully, 283 Cal.Rptr. 144, 53 Cal.3d 1195, 812 P.2d 163 (Cal. 1991):
The crucial phrase "reasonable likelihood" "means something less than 'more probable than not[,]' " but "something more than merely 'possible.' " (People v. Bonin (1988) 46 Cal.3d 659, 673, 250 Cal.Rptr. 687, 758 P.2d 1217.)
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