Opinion ID: 2598865
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Heading Rank: 17

Heading: Insufficiency of evidence to support first-degree premeditated murder.

Text: The defendant argues the State presented insufficient evidence to sustain (1) the jury's finding that the defendant did not lack the mental state required to form the intent element of first-degree premeditated murder and (2) the jury's finding that the murder was premeditated. The standard of review to a challenge of the sufficiency of the evidence is well known: When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged in a criminal case, the standard of review is whether, after review of all the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the appellate court is convinced that a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Jamison, 269 Kan. 564, 571, 7 P.3d 1204 (2000). The evaluation of witness credibility is for the jury. State v. McCray, 267 Kan. 339, 343, 979 P.2d 134 (1999).