Utah Supreme Court· 4/30/1993

State v. Workman

Citations

852 P.2d 981
212 Utah Adv. Rep. 3
1993 Utah LEXIS 81
1993 WL 143900

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observing that “[ojrdinarily ..., court[s] may not reassess credibility ..., but must resolve conflicts in the evidence in favor of the jury verdict”
stating that “[c]riminal convictions cannot rest on conjecture or supposition; they must be established beyond a reasonable doubt,” and that “speculative inferences” cannot satisfy that standard
“A guilty verdict is not legally valid if it is based solely on inferences that give rise to only remote or speculative possibilities of guilt.”
“When the evidence presented is conflicting or disputed, the jury serves as the exclusive judge of both the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given particular evidence.”
“When the evidence presented is conflicting or disputed, the jury serves as the exclusive judge of both the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given particular evidence.”
\The standard for determining whether an order arresting judgment is erroneous is the same as that applied by an appellate court in determining whether a jury verdict should be set aside for insufficient evidence.\

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