The process of proof at trial is a temporal and chronological process (as well as a logical, epistemic, and inferential process); proof at trial involves a series of steps and events taken and done over time.

United States v. Snow, 517 F.2d 441, 444 (9th Cir. 1975) ("We are aware, as was the trial court, that the inference sought to be drawn by the prosecution from the name tape might be false. Someone other than the....The constitutional requirement that proof of criminal guilt be shown beyond a reasonable doubt is not a requirement that proof of guilt be conclusive, completely certain, or beyond any doubt.

Echo Acceptance Corp. v. Household Retail Services, Inc., 267 F.3d 1068, 1087-1088 (10th Cir. 2001) (upholding trial court's ruling which sustained plaintiff's hearsay objection against defendant's proffer of the exhibits as verbal acts because "none of the....A verbal act is an utterance or statement that has legal significance under applicable substantive law simply because of the making of the utterance or statement.

Cf. United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303, pin? (1998) (admissibility vel non of exculpatory polygraph evidence in general court-martial; in upholding Military Rule of Evidence 707, which barred polygraph evidence,....A per se rule barring a criminal defendant from testifying about a matter about which he or she was previously hypnotized is unconstitutional.