State v. Parker

Sufficiency of the Evidence 3

In accordance with the well-settled jurisprudence that "[w]hen issues are *1116raised on appeal as to the sufficiency of the evidence and as to one or more trial errors, the reviewing court should first determine the sufficiency of the evidence."4 In reviewing whether the evidence presented in a case is sufficient to support a conviction, we are governed by the standard set forth in the United States Supreme Court decision of Jackson v. Virginia .5

The standard is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a rational trier of…