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Lack of Evidence

By Baker Associates

If the O.J. Simpson trial taught you anything, it is that the evidence in a criminal case is sometimes simply insufficient to sustain a conviction. While cases with extremely weak evidence are frequently abandoned prior to proceeding to trial, such cases do occasionally make their way to the trial stage at which point the state has to attempt to sell its extremely weak case to the jury. Unfortunately for criminal defendants, juries occasionally convict on just a sliver of evidence, at which point the Defendant?s only choice often is to appeal to a higher court.

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on October 11, 2010 (boomark / email).