A witnesses testifies to their direct experience of what they actually observed take place
Direct evidence is what a person directly perceives through their five senses and which does not rely on an inference of another fact to make it true.
Example Of Direct Evidence
A witness testifies, “I saw the defendant hit another man with a brick” This is direct evidence of what someone directly observed. No other evidence has to be inferred to prove that the witness made a direct observation.
At trial both direct and circumstantial evidence are both legally valid forms of evidence.
