MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE

By SovConn | June 3, 2013

manifest weight of the evidence.A deferential standard of review under which a verdict will be reversed or disregarded only if another outcome is obviously correct and the verdict is clearly unsupported by the evidence. Cf. WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE . [Cases: Appeal and Error 1003(7), 1012.1(5); Criminal Law 1159.2(2).]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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