§ Sec. 24-4-3. Amount of mental conviction; preponderance of evidence

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§ 24-4-3. Amount of mental conviction; preponderance of evidence

Moral and reasonable certainty is all that can be expected in legal investigation. In all civil cases a preponderance of evidence is considered sufficient to produce mental conviction. In criminal cases a greater strength of mental conviction is held necessary to justify a verdict of guilty.