Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia
Resonable doubt
What evidence does the prosecution have to provide in order to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendent committed the crime? I am the defendent and the prosecuters only witness,who is also the accuser, is my ex-partner. His testimony is based soley on his word. Thanks
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Resonable doubt
It depends on who the jury or the judge believes. People are often convicted when it is the witness�s word against the defendant.
Re: Resonable doubt
There's no way to know from your brief description of the case as to what the prosecution will need to show in order to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. If their chief(and only) witness can offer credible and compelling detail at the trial as to what occurred(on the night/day in question, of course) which may be independently corroborated in some way by other circumstantial evidence, that could be enough to persuade the trier of fact that the prosecution has in fact proved their case beyond reasonable doubt.
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