Legal Opinion
United States v. MacKay
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2013No. 12-4001PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
The bedrock principle that “no person shall be made to suffer the onus of a criminal conviction except upon ... evidence necessary to convince a trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt of the existence of every element of the offense” is well-settled in our criminal jurisprudence. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 316, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). We frequently hear appeals from defendants challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, but all too often, defendants misunderstand the standard under which we review their appeal. In application, we review the…
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