State v. Wolf

¶1 Evidence for a criminal conviction is sufficient where “after viewing the evidence most favorable to *197the State, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of [the crime] beyond a reasonable doubt.”1 The State has this burden to prove a criminal charge.2 But a defendant may waive this proof requirement to the extent that he or she stipulates to an element of a charged crime.3 Here, the charge was that Gary Wolf was a felon in possession of a firearm. He stipulated to a necessary element of that charge: having been convicted of a prior serious offense. He did so in…