Opinion ID: 2011229
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: Williams next challenges the sufficiency of the State's evidence. We will not overturn a conviction for insufficiency of the evidence unless in reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, we conclude that the factfinder could not rationally find every element of the criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Pike, 632 A.2d 132, 133 (Me.1993). The weight to be given to the evidence and determinations of witness credibility are the exclusive province of the factfinder. State v. Glover, 594 A.2d 1086, 1088 (Me.1991). Williams was properly found guilty of the crime of manslaughter as Moontri's accomplice in the commission of an assault. [8] The manslaughter was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of Williams's own conduct in promoting or facilitating Moontri's assault on McDowell. The evidence admitted at trial provided a rational basis for the jury to find that Williams intended to facilitate the crime of assault against McDowell, that Williams actually aided in or attempted to aid Moontri in the commission of the crime of assault against McDowell, that Moontri personally caused McDowell's death under circumstances that constitute manslaughter, and that manslaughter was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of Williams's own conduct during the commission of the assault on McDowell. Viewing this evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the jury rationally could find beyond a reasonable doubt that Williams is guilty of accomplice liability to manslaughter. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring.