State v. Allen

Ness, Justice:

Appellants were charged with grand larceny. They were tried and convicted of the charges and now appeal, contending, first, that the evidence produced by the State was insufficient to support the verdict.

They argue that when the State’s case rests upon circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must negate every possible inference of innocence which might flow from the evidence.

We have held that if there is any evidence tending to prove the fact in issue, or which reasonably conduces to its conclusion as a fairly logical and legitimate deduction, and not merely such as raised a…