Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “When the legal sufficiency of evidence is called into question, “our authority to interfere with the jury’s verdict is quite limited.” The prosecution must be given the benefit of all favorable inferences that can reasonably be drawn from the evidence. “[I]f there is in the record substantial evidence of such quality and weight that, having in mind the beyond a reasonable doubt burden of proof standard, reasonable and fairminded jurors in the exercise of impartial judgment might have reached different conclusions, the verdict of guilty is thus placed beyond our authority to disturb.” Factual disputes are not sufficient to mandate a new trial, but rather, are properly resolved by the jury. As to whether the verdict is contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence, a similar standard is employed. We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. The trial court is given discretion to order a new trial only to prevent an unconscionable injustice in the face of overwhelming evidence contrary to the jury’s verdict.”

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