STATE v. FREITAS


349 A.2d 767 (1976)

STATE of Maine v. Richard FREITAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Jabar, Dist. Atty., Robert Daviau, Asst. Dist. Atty., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Wathen & Wathen by Jessie H. Briggs, Augusta, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We have said repeatedly that after verdict of guilty in a criminal case when appeal is taken on the grounds that the jury's verdict is contrary to the weight of the evidence, the question for the reviewing court is whether, in view of all the evidence, the jury was warranted in believing beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused was guilty of the crime charged against him.

As a corollary to this rule, we have held that in determining the sufficiency...

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