McCraney v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
GIVAN, Chief Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of Murder. He was sentenced to a fifty (50) year term of imprisonment.
Appellant claims the evidence is insufficient to support the jury's verdict of guilty. Under our standard of review we will not weigh the evidence or judge the credibility of witnesses. Pinkston v. State, (1982) Ind., 436 N.E.2d 306. When the evidence presented is circumstantial in nature, it is only necessary that an inference reasonably tending to support the finding of guilt can be drawn from the evidence. Pinkston, supra. Conflicts in the evidence are to be resolved…
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