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This document is a page from a court transcript, specifically jury instructions from a case filed on August 10, 2022. The text, labeled "Instruction No. 42," defines and differentiates between direct and circumstantial evidence for the jury. A hypothetical example is used to illustrate circumstantial evidence, involving inferring rain from observing people entering a courtroom with a wet umbrella and raincoat.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Appears in the footer of the document, likely the court reporting service that transcribed the proceedings.
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A hypothetical scenario is presented to explain circumstantial evidence: a person is in a courtroom with the blinds drawn and cannot see outside, but infers that it is raining because two people enter, one with a dripping umbrella and another with a dripping raincoat.
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unnamed juror/person
someone with an umbrella
someone with a raincoat
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Mentioned in a hypothetical example used to explain circumstantial evidence.
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Mentioned in a hypothetical example used to explain circumstantial evidence.
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"One kind of direct evidence is a witness's testimony about something that the witness knows by virtue of his or her own senses, something that the witness has seen, smelled, touched, or heard."Source
— Unnamed speaker (likely a judge)
(Part of Instruction No. 42, defining direct evidence for a jury.)
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"Circumstantial evidence is evidence that tends to prove one fact by proof of other facts."Source
— Unnamed speaker (likely a judge)
(Part of Instruction No. 42, defining circumstantial evidence for a jury.)
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