Summary
The Third District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed George Walton’s criminal conviction. The court held that the evidence was legally sufficient under the applicable standard of review, viewing the evidence and reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the State.
Holdings
- The conviction was supported by legally sufficient evidence under the standard requiring the appellate court to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State and determine whether a rational trier of fact could find the crime's elements beyond a reasonable doubt.
Questions Presented
- Whether competent, substantial evidence supported the criminal conviction under the applicable legal-sufficiency standard.
Disposition
affirmed
Cases Cited (11)
- Bush v. State, 295 So. 3d 179, 200-01 (Fla. 2020)(followed)
- Tibbs v. State, 397 So. 2d 1120, 1123 (Fla. 1981)(followed)
- Spinkellink v. State, 313 So. 2d 666, 671 (Fla. 1975)(followed)
- Rogers v. State, 285 So. 3d 872, 891 (Fla. 2019)(followed)
- Bradley v. State, 787 So. 2d 732, 738 (Fla. 2001)(followed)
- De Groot v. Sheffield, 95 So. 2d 912, 916 (Fla. 1957)(followed)
- Johnston v. State, 863 So. 2d 271, 283 (Fla. 2003)(followed)
- Garcia v. State, 373 So. 3d 1213, 1222 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023)(followed)
- State v. Shearod, 992 So. 2d 900, 904 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)(followed)
- Knight v. State, 107 So. 3d 449, 463 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013), approved, 186 So. 3d 1005 (Fla. 2016)(followed)
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