Fisher v. State

Appellant seeks review of a judgment of conviction and sentence based upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of mercy. The principal question preserved on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment.

Although there is evidence in the record to support appellant’s theory of innocence, there is likewise competent and substantial evidence by eyewitnesses to the crime and appellant’s own confession made shortly thereafter to support the jury’s verdict. It is not the province of this court to substitute its judgment for that…