Moises Abraham Jaime v. State of Florida

Summary

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed Moises Abraham Jaime’s criminal conviction. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction and to overcome the motion for judgment of acquittal.

Holdings

1. A conviction may be sustained when, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, a rational trier of fact could find the elements of the charged crime beyond a reasonable doubt; the court affirmed the judgment.
2. The same standard of appellate review applies regardless of whether the State presented purely circumstantial evidence of guilt.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the evidence was legally sufficient to sustain Jaime's conviction and to overcome his motion for judgment of acquittal.
2. Whether the sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard changes when the State's proof is purely circumstantial.

Disposition

affirmed