State v. Spinale

How courts have described this case

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

• stating sole question on a defendant’s post-verdict motion for judgment notwithstanding a guilty verdict is whether evidence is legally sufficient to support conviction
• distinguishing challenges to sufficiency of the evidence from challenges to the weight of the evidence
• distinguishing between challenges to the weight of the evidence and challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence
• in deciding challenge to the sufficiency of evidence to convict, the trial court cannot weigh the evidence or inquire into the credibility of the witnesses
• in deciding challenge to the sufficiency of evidence to convict, the trial court cannot weigh the evidence or inquire into the credibility of the witnesses
• If the victim’s testimony establishes a prima facie case, no corroborating evidence is needed.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).