commercial burglery

[nyttlytt]

What is the name of your state? CA
does one need to have evidence in order to convict someone of commercial burglery or can hearsay count?

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

What is the name of your state? CA
does one need to have evidence in order to convict someone of commercial burglery or can hearsay count?

My response:

I think the phrase you're looking for is "circumstantial evidence", and the answer is "Yes". Criminal defendants are regularly found guilty on "circumstantial evidence"; i.e., it's the old "if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck" evidence.

IAAL