Legal Opinion · Dissent

Winfrey, Megan AKA Megan Winfrey Hammond

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 27, 2013No. PD-0943-11Published

1Dissent

KELLER, P.J.,

filed a dissenting opinion.

It appears to me that in finding the evidence insufficient to support appellant’s convictions, the Court views the evidence in the wrong light and fails to give the jury the deference that it is due. I would hold that, viewed in the correct light, the evidence is sufficient to support appellant’s convictions.

A. General Principles

Under Jackson v. Virginia,1 the standard for determining the sufficiency of the evidence is “whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Wright v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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