857 So. 2d 1045 - State v. Tumblin’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 2010
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 436 So. 2d 471 - State v. Sutton · State v. Jacobs · 445 So. 2d 1198 - State v. Wright · State v. Smith
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“In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, the appellate court must determine that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, was sufficient to convince a rational trier of fact that all of the 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). The Jackson standard "preserves the role of the jury as the fact finder in the case but it does not allow jurors 'to speculate if the evidence is such that reasonable jurors must have a reasonable doubt.'" State v. Pierre, 93-0893 (La.2/3/94), 631 So.2d 427, 429 . Nonetheless, credibility calls are within the fact-finder's discretion and will not be disturbed unless clearly contrary to the evidence. State v. Vessell, 450 So.2d 938, 943 (La.1984). Under the Jackson standard, all evidence, both direct and circumstantial, must be sufficient to satisfy a rational juror that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Jacobs, 504 So.2d 817, 820 (La.1987). When circumstantial evidence forms the basis for the conviction, the totality of such evidence must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. La. R.S. 15:438. However, the circumstantial evidence rule is not a separate test from the Jackson standard; La. R.S. 15:438 is simply "an evidentiary guideline for the jury when considering circumstantial evidence and facilitates appellate review of whether a rational juror could have ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“preserves the role of the jury as the fact finder in the case but it does not allow jurors 'to speculate if the evidence is such that reasonable jurors must have a reasonable doubt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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