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· 11/19/2013

In the Interest of R.C.H.

Citations

  • 419 S.W.3d 158
  • 2013 WL 6070484
  • 2013 Mo. App. LEXIS 1366

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that because argument is not evidence, it is “of no consequence in a sufficiency analysis”
  • observing that “[t]he arguments of the parties and their trial theories are not evidence”
  • stating that “arguments of the parties and their trial theories are not evidence”
  • stating that “arguments of the parties and their trial theories are not evidence”
  • “[N]otwithstanding a court’s deference to the jury’s credibility and weight determinations, the jury’s finding of guilt must be a rational one in light of all of the evidence presented at trial.”
  • “The necessary specific intent can be proven through circumstantial evidence, and we may rely on events that took place before, during, or after the commission of the offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hoff, Odenwald, Quigless

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