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STATE v. JENKS

No. 90-910.

61 Ohio St.3d 259 (1991)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. JENKS ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, prosecuting attorney, George J. Sadd and Laurence R. Snyder, for appellant.

Gold, Rotatori, Schwartz & Gibbons Co., L.P.A., and John S. Pyle, for appellee Mary Jenks.

Greene & Hennenberg and Michael C. Hennenberg, for appellee Dale Madison.

Randall M. Dana, Public Defender, Gregory L. Ayers and Kurt Gatterdam, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender Commission.

ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

We are confronted with two issues for our determination. First, the state asks this court to repudiate the rule regarding circumstantial evidence as set forth in State v. Kulig, supra. As a corollary, the state urges that we adopt the standard followed by the federal courts when reviewing the legal sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal case. The second issue presented in this case is whether the trial court committed reversible error...

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