Opinion ID: 2382883
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Heading: Evidence was Insufficient to Support the Verdict

Text: In testing the sufficiency of the evidence, this court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the State to determine whether any jury could rationally find every element of the criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Philbrick, 551 A.2d 847, 852 (Me.1988); see also State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me. 1985). Even though there was no evidence directly connecting Webber to the arson, the evidence that the fire was intentionally set, that Webber had threatened to burn Boyce out, and of Webber's destructive vandalism of Boyce's car, would allow the jury to rationally conclude that Webber had set the fire intending to destroy Boyce's trailer.