CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 200
Obligation to Prove—More Likely True Than Not True
The parties must persuade you, by the evidence presented in court, that
what they are required to prove is more likely to be true than not true.
This is referred to as “the burden of proof.”
After weighing all of the evidence, if you cannot decide that something is
more likely to be true than not true, you must conclude that the party
did not prove it. Y ou should consider all the evidence, no matter which
party produced the evidence.
In criminal trials, the prosecution must prove that the defendant is guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt. But in civil trials, such as this one, the party
who is required to prove something need prove only that it is more likely
to be true than not true.
New September 2003; Revised February 2005, May 2020
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2023
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