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2017 Louisiana Laws
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TITLE 15 - Criminal Procedure
RS 15:438 - Circumstantial evidence
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 15:438 (2017)
§438. Circumstantial evidence
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.
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