Mills v. State

HECHT, Justice.

A jury convicted Robert Allen Mills of reckless injury to a child and assessed punishment at ten years’ imprisonment. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Mills complains in his first point of error that the evidence is insufficient for conviction. This is a circumstantial evidence case. As a rule, evidence suffices for conviction if a rational trier of fact, taking the evidence most favorable to the prosecution, could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 n. 12, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2789 n. 12, 61…