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La. Rev. Stat. § 15:438

Circumstantial evidence

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La. Rev. Stat. § 15:438, Circumstantial evidence, Louisiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-04, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2697614
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The rule as to circumstantial evidence is: assuming every fact to be proved that the evidence tends to prove, in order to convict, it must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.