Moore v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder by jury. During arguments on a motion to correct errors, the trial judge stated that he believed the evidence to be “sketchy”, and that he was not convinced of the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial judge stated that he was unsure of the proper standard of review when ruling on a sufficiency of the evidence issue. The judge went on to say:

“ . . What I’m saying is that I’m going to deny that on the sole ground that I don’t believe trial judges in this State have the power to interfere with a jury’s verdict…