MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 1-117(b) (2022)
Circumstantial – Inference of Mental State
You are instructed that circumstantial evidence may be used to determine the existence of a particular mental state. You may infer mental state from what the Defendant does and says and from all the facts and circumstances involved.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2009
- Content hash
7b61c6db1f9c7bc4f939ff6980a40b4c12bba9ce1477e761a22df81eaa1cf0d0
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