Mitchell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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1. ““Rule 20.1(a), Ala. R.Crim. P., requires that a motion for a judgment of acquittal be granted as to any offense ‘for which the evidence is insufficient to support a finding of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.’ One commentator explains: ‘There must be substantial evidence tending to prove all the elements of the charge, and the burden is on the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime has been committed and that the defendant was the person who committed it.’ H. Maddox, Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure § 20.1, at 734 (2d ed. 1994).””

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