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Re: Acceptable Level of Certainty
Posted by:
jbflanigan (IP Logged)
Date: February 05, 2007 04:22PM
In California, there is case law which says that the "Corpus delecti" does not have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. However, the prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime. For example: cases of murder where the body is not found.