Section 18.5 Circumstantial Identification

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C. (§18.5) Circumstantial Identification

Direct evidence of a document’s genuineness is not required. Its authenticity may be established by circumstantial evidence. Inland USA, Inc. v. Reed Stenhouse, Inc. of Mo., 660 S.W.2d 727, 734 (Mo. App. E.D. 1983). For instance, in Inland, the court held that an insurance policy was sufficiently authenticated because the policy was in substantial agreement with other documents that had been admitted into evidence, and there was nothing inherently suspicious about...