Circumstantial evidence — evidence inferred from the circumstances of an event rather than direct eyewitness or physical proof; often not decisive alone but persuasive in combination.
犯行現場に彼の指紋はなかったが、状況証拠が重なり有罪となった。
Although his fingerprints weren't at the crime scene, overlapping circumstantial evidence led to a conviction.
弁護側は状況証拠だけでは疑いを晴らせないと主張した。
The defense argued that circumstantial evidence alone could not dispel the doubt.
状況証拠を積み上げて全体像を説明するのが検察の戦略だ。
The prosecution's strategy is to build up circumstantial evidence and explain the whole picture.