Legal Opinion

State v. Sullivan

Utah Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1957No. 8532PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CROCKETT, Justice.

John Joseph Sullivan and Joseph Craven Washington were convicted by a jury of burglary in the second degree. This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict.

The defendants essay to demonstrate that the evidence leaves such doubt as to their identification as the culprits in this crime that they were entitled to a dismissal. For them to prevail on that proposition it must appear that, viewing the evidence and all fair inferences reasonably to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, reasonable minds could not believe…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. ShonkaUtah Supreme Court · 1955

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. WoodUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  2. State v. HafnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  3. State v. LammUtah Supreme Court · 1980
  4. State v. SchreuderUtah Supreme Court · 1986
  5. State v. BrownUtah Supreme Court · 1980

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