State v. Whins’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “Article 821 is the correct vehicle for asserting that the State failed to prove an essential element of the offense. State v. Allen, 440 So.2d 1330 (La.1983). This article tracks the language of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), in setting the standard pertaining to motions for post-verdict judgment of acquittal. State v. Smith, 441 So.2d 739 (La.1983); State v. Voorhies, 590 So.2d 776 (La.App. 3d Cir.1991). [footnote omitted]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 719 So. 2d 68 - State v. Johnson

2. “Any person-who, having a specific intent to commit a crime, does or omits an act for the purpose of and tending directly toward the accomplishing of his object is guilty of an attempt to commit the offense intended; and it shall be immaterial whether, under the circumstances, he would have actually accomplished his purpose.”

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

3. “does not determine whether another possible hypothesis suggested by the defendant could afford an exculpatory explanation of the events; rather, ... the court determines whether the possible alternative hypothesis is sufficiently reasonable that a rational juror could not have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 703 So. 2d 168 - State v. Goodwin