Mickens v. State

Hines, Justice.

A jury found Carl Mickens guilty of two counts of felony murder, arson in the first degree, burglary, and terroristic threats in connection with the deaths of Roderick Green and his young son, Roderick Green, Jr. Mickens was sentenced for the felony murders and for terroristic threats. He appeals his convictions solely on the basis of the sufficiency of the evidence. Finding the evidence of Mickens’s guilt sufficient to sustain the convictions, we affirm.

When evaluating the sufficiency of evidence, the proper standard for review is whether a rational trier of fact could have…