People v. Stabell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted upon a jury verdict of arson in the third degree (Penal Law § 150.10 [1]) in connection with a fire at his home. Defendant contends that the evidence, which is entirely circumstantial, is legally insufficient to support the conviction because the jury failed to exclude to a moral certainty every hypothesis of innocence. That standard, however, is “available only to a trier of fact * * * A court reviewing legal sufficiency of the trial evidence must instead determine whether any valid line of reasoning and permissible…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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