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The thing you're missing here is that "opinion" is a term of art in this context, and has a meaning broader than its usual one. Importantly, for these purposes
by Sniffnoy 4y ago
The thing you're missing here is that "opinion" is a term of art in this context, and has a meaning broader than its usual one. Importantly, for these purposes, any inference is considered "opinion".
So "Professor Scofield plotted and ordered the murders" could be a statement of fact, but "The evidence I've shown you demonstrates that Professor Scofield plotted and ordered the murders" is necessarily a statement of opinion in the legal sense.
- a9h74j 4y agoSuddenly I am wondering whether reports of "police have at times consulted with psychics" will enter in any way.
- greggarious 4y ago> Suddenly I am wondering whether reports of "police have at times consulted with psychics" will enter in any way. But did they consult with psychics, or a greek lady who took their money, lit a candle, and said some ambiguous woo woo bullshit that happened to be right by coincidence? I've yet to meet the former. (Also, I'm not a police officer.)