Sims v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Sara’s testimony alone is sufficient to support Sims’s statutory-rape conviction. “Any questions regarding the credibility of Sara’s testimony are to be resolved by the jury.” Stevenson v. State, 13 So.3d 314, 319 (¶ 26) (Miss.Ct.App.2008) (quoting Price v. State, 898 So.2d 641, 652 (¶ 25) (Miss.2005)). Sara stated that Sims inserted his penis into her rectum. Although Sims insists that Sara’s testimony is insufficient because there is no physical evidence of the incident, “the absence of physical evidence does not negate a conviction where there is testimonial evidence.” Williams v. State, 879 So.2d 1126, 1128 (¶ 5) (Miss.Ct.App.2004) (quoting Graham v. State, 812 So.2d 1150, 1153 (¶ 9) (Miss.Ct.App.2002)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joiner v. State

2. “Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). When reviewing the denial of a motion for a new trial based on an objection to the weight of the evidence, appellate courts will only disturb a verdict when it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice. Sims v. State , 127 So.3d 307 , 313 (¶ 19) (Miss. Ct. App. 2013).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gregory D. Palmer v. State of Mississippi

3. “The evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the [verdict].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gregory D. Palmer v. State of Mississippi