Opinion ID: 1281029
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Heading Rank: 8

Heading: appropriate standard

Text: For all of the above-stated reasons, we again overrule those cases espousing the accused's rule as an appropriate standard of review. Thus, the Court of Appeals erred in applying the standard of review outlined in State v. Skalberg, 247 Neb. 150, 526 N.W.2d 67 (1995). Regardless of whether the evidence is direct, circumstantial, or a combination thereof, and regardless of whether the issue is labeled as a failure to direct a verdict, insufficiency of the evidence, or failure to prove a prima facie case, the standard is the same: In reviewing a criminal conviction, an appellate court does not resolve conflicts in the evidence, pass on the credibility of witnesses, or reweigh the evidence. Such matters are for the finder of fact, and a conviction will be affirmed, in the absence of prejudicial error, if the properly admitted evidence, viewed and construed most favorably to the State, is sufficient to support the conviction. State v. One 1985 Mercedes 190D Automobile, 247 Neb. 335, 337, 526 N.W.2d 657, 660 (1995). Accord, State v. Hirsch, 245 Neb. 31, 511 N.W.2d 69 (1994); State v. Russell, 243 Neb. 106, 497 N.W.2d 393 (1993); State v. Phelps, 241 Neb. 707, 490 N.W.2d 676 (1992); State v. Osborn, 241 Neb. 424, 490 N.W.2d 160 (1992); State v.1987 Jeep Wagoneer, 241 Neb. 397, 488 N.W.2d 546 (1992); State v. Davis, 240 Neb. 631, 483 N.W.2d 554 (1992); State v. Sexton, 240 Neb. 466, 482 N.W.2d 567 (1992); State v. Morley, 239 Neb. 141, 474 N.W.2d 660 (1991); State v. Saltzman, 235 Neb. 964, 458 N.W.2d 239 (1990); State v. Nesbitt, 226 Neb. 32, 409 N.W.2d 314 (1987); State v. Buchanan, 210 Neb. 20, 312 N.W.2d 684 (1981); State v. Fowler, 193 Neb. 420, 227 N.W.2d 589 (1975).