Opinion ID: 1948427
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: In reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence challenge to a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State to determine whether a jury rationally could find every element of the criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt. E.g., State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me. 1985). Mannion was convicted of murder. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A). [3] He does not dispute that a death occurred or that his actions caused such death. However, he claims that the State produced insufficient evidence showing intentional or knowing conduct and that, instead, the evidence shows accidental conduct. After reviewing the trial transcripts in the light most favorable to the State, we determine that the jury rationally could have found that Mannion acted intentionally or knowingly in causing the death of Lewis. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring.