State v. Burlison

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• holding that once the trial court approves the verdict as the thirteenth juror, appellate review is limited to determining the sufficiency of the evidence.
• stating that after a trial court has discharged its obligation as thirteenth juror and approved the verdict, an appellate court must credit the testimony of the State’s witnesses and resolve evidentiary conflicts in the State’s favor
• stating that after a trial court has discharged its obligation as thirteenth juror and approved the verdict, an appellate court must credit the testimony of the State’s witnesses and resolve evidentiary conflicts in the State’s favor
• stating that after a trial court has discharged its obligation as thirteenth juror and approved the verdict, an appellate court must credit the testimony of the State’s witnesses and resolve evidentiary conflicts in the State’s favor
• Once the trial court approves the verdict as the thirteenth juror, appellate review is limited to determining the sufficiency of the evidence.
• “Whether or not the probative value of evidence is substantially outweighed by the danger of confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury is left to the sound discretion of the trial judge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).