United States v. James P. McNeill

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming section 373(a) conviction of defendant who wrote letters attempting to hire a fictional hitman
• “The fact that evidence is circumstantial does not make it less probative than direct evidence.”
• “Inferences from established facts are accepted methods of proof when no direct evidence is available so long as there exists a logical and convincing connection between the facts established and the conclusion inferred.”
• “The fact that evidence is circumstantial does not make it less probative than direct evidence”
• \Extrinsic evidence is evidence offered through other witnesses rather than through cross-examination of the witness himself or herself.\
• “Inferences from established facts are accepted methods of proof when no direct evidence is available so long as there exists a logical and convincing connection between the facts established and the conclusion inferred.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).