Discuss under which circumstances jurors are not free to draw their own conclusions or inferences and are instructed on how to interpret a particular piece of evidence

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Answer 1

Although there are plenty of opportunities to infer or use circumstantial evidence against the accused, there are also specific time in which the jury is instructed otherwise. Stipulations are mutual agreements between opposing counsels regarding specific facts of the case, although the stipulation of a fact is often more advantageous to one side and can be rejected by the opposing side. A presumption is a conclusion that is required by law, based on logic, and when presented by the prosecution must be established beyond reasonable doubt. Presumptions can be conclusive or rebuttable. The final type of jury instruction is a judicial notice. A judicial notice in which the judge makes a determination of fact without the formality of examination by a jury. Judicial notices can be legislative facts or adjudicative facts.