What is the test for sustaining a conviction based on only circumstantial evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. West, C076456 (Cal. App. 2015):
doubt, we are bound to sustain a conviction that is supported by only circumstantial evidence, even if that evidence is also reasonably susceptible of an interpretation that suggests innocence." (People v. Little (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 766, 771; see also People v. Kraft (2000) 23 Cal.4th 978, 1053.)
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