State v. Villa

{47} There is a profound difference between reviewing a verdict and producing a verdict. I join the majority in reversing Defendant’s conviction for insufficient evidence; it was impossible for him to commit crimes in violation of a discharge permit when no such permit legally existed. We correctly decided that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain those convictions. A directed verdict on the charges would therefore have been proper.

{48} JL-rdspectfully dissent from the majority’s 'accepting the invitation in the State’s supplemental brief to now, in the face of our…