Direct and Circumstantial Evidence

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1. Must the foundational facts supporting a circumstantial inference be proved?
2. Three witnesses all testify only that a door was open. The prosecution identifies no other circumstance and claims thre…
3. A witness directly observes that the accused was in her office at the disputed time. The prosecution says the account m…
4. Several proved circumstances collectively leave a reasonable explanation inconsistent with guilt. The prosecutor argues…
5. An investigator treats an excluded item as the sole foundation of one essential circumstance, then argues Gamon’s colle…
6. Explain why three accounts of a single circumstance are not necessarily three circumstances for Section4 purposes.
7. A defense witness personally observed the accused elsewhere. Explain directness relative to the observed location and t…
8. Discuss a circumstantial case with multiple proved facts but a reasonable explanation inconsistent with guilt.