458 So. 2d 1024 - State v. Ledet’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. ““The standard of review as to sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction is whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, is sufficient to convince a rational trier of fact that all elements of the crime have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). In a case such as this involving circumstantial evidence, the defendant is entitled to have the jury instructed that the evidence must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. State v. Captville, 448 So.2d 676 (La.1984). In regard to the correct standard of appellate review in cases involving circumstantial evidence, the Louisiana Supreme Court has most recently made the following state ment in State v. Chism, 436 So.2d 464 (La.1983): ‘Although the circumstantial evidence rule may not establish a stricter standard of review than the more general reasonable juror’s reasonable doubt formula, it emphasizes the need for careful observance of the usual standard, and provides a helpful methodology for its implementation in cases which hinge on the evaluation of circumstantial evidence.’ The above statement by the court in Chism was reiterated in State v. Captville, supra....””

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

2. “When a case involves circumstantial evidence and the jury reasonably rejects the hypothesis of innocence presented by the defendant's own testimony, that hypothesis falls, and the defendant is guilty unless there is another hypothesis which raises a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 520 So. 2d 778 - State v. Prince