You are on trial for an assault that you believe you are not guilty of committing. There does exist, however, in your record, a series of arrests for very similar assaults. Additionally, the person whom you are accused of assaulting has been previously fined and punished for false allegations of assault. You are not sure how this trial will proceed, but you have faith in your defense counsel. When giving his instructions to the jury, how will the judge in your trial determine which of the evidence that was presented is relevant?
A. By focusing only on the evidence that tended to make facts in question more or less probable than they would have been without that evidence
B. By focusing only on the evidence that came from expert witnesses as opposed to lay witnesses
C. By focusing only on the evidence that was circumstantial and not direct
D. By focusing only on the evidence that was direct and not circumstantial
Answer: A
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