When will a jury be instructed that the law makes no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Nelson, 419 F.2d 1237 (9th Cir. 1969):

Thus the trial court properly instructed the jury that "the law makes no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence but simply requires that the jury be satisfied of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt from all the evidence in the case," including "such reasonable inferences as seem justified, in the light of your own experience." Under Holland and the uniform decisions of this court, no additional instruction was required, and none would have been proper. The contrary dictum in Matthews v. United States, 394 F.2d 104, 105 (9th Cir. 1968), must therefore be disregarded.7

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