When determining the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence in a murder trial, is the evidence sufficient to convict the accused of the crime?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Doe, 842 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2016):
When "determining the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence, the question is not whether the evidence excludes every hypothesis except that of guilt but rather whether the trier of fact could reasonably arrive at its conclusion." Nevils , 598 F.3d at 1165 (quoting United States v. Eaglin , 571 F.2d 1069, 1076 (1977) ).
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