Reagor v. State

I respectfully dissent. When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2789, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); Butler v. State, 769 S.W.2d 234, 238 (Tex.Crim.App.1989). The standard applies equally to direct and circumstantial evidence cases. See Houston v. State, 663 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex.Crim.App.1984). We test every circumstantial evidence case by its own…