The circumstantial evidence presented by the People fell short of the standard required for establishing the defendant's guilt of murder in the second degree. To support a finding of guilt based upon circumstantial evidence, the facts proved must exclude "`to a moral certainty'" every reasonable hypothesis of innocence and the trier or fact may not "leap logical gaps in the proof offered and draw unwarranted conclusions based on probabilities of low degree". (People v...
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