Legal Opinion

McCraney v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1983No. 882S307PublishedCited by 19 opinions

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…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Loyd v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Pinkston v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Spinks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
  4. McKee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Law v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Hadley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Norris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Ashford v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Byrd v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991

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