940 So. 2d 1259 - State v. Burrows’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “A trial court’s ruling on a motion for judgment of acquittal is reviewed de novo to determine whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support the jury’s verdict. See Pagan v. State, 830 So.2d 792, 803 (Fla.2002). In criminal cases, legal sufficiency, as opposed to eviden-tiary weight, is the appropriate concern of the district court, and a heightened standard of proof required in a trial court does not change the standard of review here. See McKesson Drug Co. v. Williams, 706 So.2d 352, 353-4 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). It is well settled that, when reviewing a judgment of acquittal, the appellate court must apply the competent, substantial evidence standard and “consider the evidence and all reasonable inferences from the evidence in a light most favorable to the [Sjtate.” Jones v. State, 790 So.2d 1194, 1197 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001) (en banc) (citations omitted); see also, Darling v. State, 808 So.2d 145, 156 (Fla.2002). “If the State has presented competent evidence to establish every element of the crime, then a judgment of acquittal is improper.” State v. Williams, 742 So.2d 509, 511 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 18 So. 3d 697 - State v. Konegen