Evidence is data presented to a court or jury in proof of the facts in issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses, records, documents, or objects. Evidence is distinguished from proof in that the latter are the result or effect of evidence. Direct Evidence is evidence in form of testimony from a witness who actually saw, heard, or touched the subject of questioning. Evidence, which is believed, proves existence of fact in issue without inference or presumption. Circumstantial Evidence is testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy, but the facts sought to be proved.
Inference is a logical conclusion from given facts.
Preponderance of evidence is evidence that will incline an impartial mind to one side rather than the other so as to remove the cause from the realm of speculation. It does not relate merely to the quantity of evidence. Simply stated, evidence which is more convincing than the evidence offered in opposition. Reasonable doubt is a doubt founded upon a consideration of all the evidence and must be based on reason. Beyond a reasonable doubt does not mean to a moral certainty or beyond a mere possible doubt or an imaginary doubt.