Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1971No. 6460PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of guilty of grand larceny returned by a jury against the appellant.

It appears that the appellant is really complaining about the weight of the evidence rather than its sufficiency. She argues that there was a discrepancy between the testimony of one of the state’s witnesses at the trial and her written statement to the police following the criminal act.

In McGuire v. State, 86 Nev. 262, 468 P.2d 12 (1970), we said: “It is the function of the jury and not the reviewing court to weigh the evidence.” See State…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pinana v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Crowe v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Criswell v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1968
  4. McGuire v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Cross v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1969

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4Cited by4 opinions

  1. Culverson v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Jimenez v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1989
  3. King v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Hilt v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1975

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