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Sixth Circuit· 10/6/2008

Newman v. Metrish

Citations

  • 543 F.3d 793
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 20993
  • 2008 WL 4459824

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “reasonable speculation” is not “sufficient evidence” under Jackson.
  • noting that ―there are times when circumstantial evidence ‗amounts to only a reasonable speculation and not to sufficient evidence‘‖
  • noting that circumstantial evidence alone may be sufficient to support a conviction
  • stating, in a habeas case reviewing a state court conviction, that “[a]lthough circumstantial evidence alone can support a conviction, there are times that it amounts to only a reasonable speculation and not to sufficient evidence.”

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Judges: Moore, Sutton, Aldrich

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