756 So. 2d 576 - State v. Barrett’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The criterion for evaluating sufficiency of the evidence is whether, upon viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational fact-trier could find that the state proved all elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson [v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979) ]; State v. Clower, 30,745 (La.App.2d Cir.06/24/98), 715 So.2d 101 . That standard, initially enunciated in Jackson and now legislatively embodied within La. C. Cr. P. art. 821, is applicable in cases involving both direct and circumstantial evidence. State v. Perry, 612 So.2d 986 (La.App. 2d Cir.1993). All evidence, both direct and circumstantial,. must be sufficient under the Jackson [sic] standard to satisfy a rational juror that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Porretto, 468 So.2d 1142 (La.1985); State v. Arrington, 514 So.2d 675 (La.App. 2d Cir.1987); State v. McKnight, 539 So.2d 952 (La.App. 2d Cir.1989), writ denied, 548 So.2d 322 (La.1989).... Where a trier of fact has made a rational determination, an appellate court should not disturb it. In the absence of internal contradiction or irreconcilable conflict with physical evidence, the testimony of one witness, if believed by the trier of fact, is sufficient support for the requisite factual conclusion. State v. Clower, supra; State v. Thomas, [ 609 So.2d 1078 (La.App. 2d Cir.1992), writ denied, 617 So.2d 905 (La.1993) ]; State v. Combs, 600 So.2d 751 (La.App. 2d Cir.199”

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