Boyd v. State

Garrard, J. —

Richard Allen Boyd was tried by jury. He was convicted of first degree burglary as charged. His appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. We affirm.

Because claims such as Boyd’s often present no more than a request that we accept the defendant’s version of an offense or discredit testimony unfavorable to his cause, countless appeals challenging the sufficiency of the evidence are disposed of with no more than the merest assertion that an appellate court may neither reweigh the evidence nor redetermine the credibility of the witnesses. See, e.g.,…