881 So. 2d 908 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “[T]he victim’s father testified that he paid between [$3,000 and $4,000] for the rims. Although this was not direct testimony of the value of the rims, we find that it circumstantially provided a basis from which the jury could infer that the rims were worth at least $250 because of the amount of the purchase price. While this is not the strongest evidence that could have ... and should have been presented, we cannot say that no fair-minded juror could find [the defendant] guilty on this evidence or that allowing the verdict to stand will amount to an unconscionable injustice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kenneth R. Goldsmith v. State of Mississippi · 994 So. 2d 821 - Williams v. State