State v. Krummacher

Defendant was convicted of the first degree murder of both her mother-in-law and her father-in-law. She was separately charged with each of the crimes but they were consolidated for trial. She appealed the convictions, and the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and set aside the convictions on the ground that there was insufficient evidence of defendant’s guilt to submit to the jury. 15 Or App 234, 515 P2d 412 (1973). This court granted review.

The State’s case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. No witness was able to place the defendant within a hundred miles of the scene…