Insufficient Evidence

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What is Insufficient Evidence?

A finding (decision) by a trial judge or an appeals court that, as a matter of law, the case must be dismissed due to a lack of sufficient evidence presented by the plaintiff or prosecutor, which has not met the required standard of proof in such a proceeding.

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