State v. Rowell

Believing the evidence sufficient to warrant submission of the case to the jury, I must respectfully dissent. The majority accurately notes that our task on appeal is to determine whether there is any evidence, either direct of circumstantial, which tends to prove Rowell’s guilt. Further, this court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State. We are concerned only with the existence of evidence, not its weight; where the State presents any evidence which tends to prove the defendant’s guilt, or from which the defendant’s guilt could be fairly and logically deduced, the…