Lucas v. Duncan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “[w]e generally draw no distinction between the probative value of direct and circumstantial evidence”
• \Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence of a fact which is established or logically inferred from a chain of other facts or circumstances.\ (citation omitted)
• “‘Inferences—which are commonly described as ‘circumstantial evidence’—are as capable of providing evidentiary support as ‘facts’—which are commonly described as ‘direct evidence.’”
• “Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence of a fact which is established or logically inferred from a chain of other facts or circumstances.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).