Section 10.76 Sufficiency of the Evidence

• Library: App Ct Prac 2015 Supp

E. (§10.76) Sufficiency of the Evidence

When reviewing evidence to determine if it is sufficient to support a conviction, the appellate court accepts as true all of the evidence favorable to the state, including all favorable inferences drawn from the evidence, and it disregards all evidence and inferences to the contrary. In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, appellate review is limited to a determination of whether there is sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror might have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Under this standard, the court must review the evidence adduced at trial and examine the inferences reasonably supported by...