Opinion ID: 2093950
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Heading: sufficiency of evidence to support conviction

Text: The burden in a criminal proceeding is on the State to produce proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every element of a charged offense. See, State v. Jimenez, 248 Neb. 255, 533 N.W.2d 913 (1995); State v. Yelli, 247 Neb. 785, 530 N.W.2d 250 (1995). Sims asserts that there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to convict him of any of the criminal offenses with which he was charged. Only where evidence lacks sufficient probative value as a matter of law may an appellate court set aside a guilty verdict as unsupported by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Ramsay, supra ; State v. Brunzo, 248 Neb. 176, 532 N.W.2d 296 (1995).