State v. Fulminante

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that, in reviewing the record, we draw all reasonable inferences that support the verdict
• stating that the defendant’s “false, misleading, and inconsistent statements to police,” and others, demonstrated the defendant’s “consciousness of guilt”
• providing that evidence of a defendant’s mental state must typically be inferred from the “behaviors and other circumstances surrounding the event”
• upholding capital conviction using similar standard after finding sufficient circumstantial evidence, taken as whole, to allow reasonable person to determine defendant’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt
• observing that the defendant’s false and inconsistent statements showed consciousness of guilt
• admitting murder victim’s statements she feared and disliked defendant insofar as they may minimally be relevant to show defendant’s motive, but ultimately reversing for admission of two other statements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).