Salt Lake City v. Menke

Decision

T1 Richard Menke appeals his conviction of burglary of a vehicle. Menke argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and that the district court should have granted his motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.

{2 We review the district court's denial of a motion for directed verdict for correctness. See State v. Hirschi, 2007 UT App 255, ¶ 15, 167 P.3d 503. We will reverse only if the evidence, viewed "in the light most favorable to the verdict, ... is sufficiently inconclusive or inherently improbable that reasonable minds must have entertained a reasonable…