What is the standard of review applied in cases where the prosecution relies primarily on circumstantial evidence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Gill, H039412 (Cal. App. 2014):

standard of review applies to cases in which the prosecution relies primarily on circumstantial evidence." (People v. Guerra (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1067, 1129; see also People v. Meza (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 1741, 1745.)

Section 115, subdivision (a), provides "[e]very person who knowingly procures or offers any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office within this state, which instrument, if genuine, might be filed, registered, or recorded under any law of this state or of the United States, is guilty of a felony." " '[S]ection 115 was designed to prevent the recordation of spurious documents knowingly offered for [the] record. [Citation.]' [Citation.] ' "The core purpose of . . . section 115 is to protect the integrity and reliability of public records." [Citations.] This purpose is served by an interpretation that prohibits any knowing falsification of public records.' " (People v. Denman (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 800, 808.)

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