Legal Opinion

Grayson v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 24, 2008No. 06-CM-1419PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam

The majority of the court has concluded that the evidence is sufficient to sustain appellant’s conviction of second-degree theft. To be sure, as Judge Schwelb demonstrates in Part III A of his opinion, appellant did not confess to the crime. However, we are not prepared to say that, when the remaining evidence is “view[ed] ... in the light most favorable to the prosecution, [no ] rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).

We will not attempt to set forth…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Shewarega v. YegzawDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
  3. National Housing Partnership v. Municipal Capital Appreciation Partners I, L.P.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. In re C.J.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lazo v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. In re J.F.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
  3. Cerron H. Hawkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. Crawford v. Dist. of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. Crawford v. Dist. of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018

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