State v. Griffin

HOWE, Justice.

Appellant, Michael Wayne Griffin, appeals from jury convictions for attempted murder in the first degree and for aggravated kidnapping in violation of U.C.A., 1953, §§ 76-5-202, 76-4-101 and 76-5-302. He argues that the State failed to prove the specific intent required for attempted criminal homicide and that the evidence on both counts was insufficient to convict him.

This Court definitively laid down the standard of review on challenges to the sufficiency of evidence for jury convictions in State v. Petree, Utah, 659 P.2d 443 (1983), in stating at 444:

[W]e review the evidence…