Richard Rene Rivera v. State

Because the majority errs in holding that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury’s finding that appellant, Richard Rene Rivera, is guilty of the felony offense of racing without a license,1 I respectfully dissent.

We review the legal sufficiency of the evidence by considering all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict to determine whether any “rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 318-19, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2788-89, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); Williams v.…