State v. Turnpaugh

¶ 1. David Richard Turnpaugh appeals the judgment convicting him on jury verdicts of prostitution, see Wis. Stat. § 944.30(1), and bail jumping, see Wis. Stat. § 946.49(l)(a). Among other things, he contends that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support the convictions. We agree and accordingly reverse.

[IJn reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, an appellate court may not substitute its judgment for that of the trier of fact unless the evidence, viewed most favorably to the state and the conviction, is so lacking in probative value and force that no trier…