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Acquittal for the malice or the intent prong. and the law appears to be virtually identical but i want to draw back to one thing. the bottom of that page and moving on to the next page, circumstantial evidence standard does not require the jury to believe the defendants version of the facts if the state produces conflicting testimony. even when a defendants theory of events is not clearly contradicted by direct evidence, a judgment of acquittal is not required, a common sense view of the circums...