State v. Origer

SACKETT, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether there is substantial evidence to support the jury’s verdict defendant is guilty of the first-degree murders of Bradley Robb Johnson (Robb) and Jennifer Johnson. We determine there is sufficient evidence to support defendant’s conviction of the murder of Robb Johnson and affirm that conviction. We determine there is insufficient evidence to support defendant’s conviction of the murder of Jennifer Johnson and reverse that conviction.

Robb and Jennifer Johnson were husband and wife. They lived together in a farm home south of Forest City,…