Opinion ID: 2621781
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: [¶ 22] When addressing a claim that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the conviction for a crime, we apply this standard: We assess whether all of the evidence which was presented was adequate enough to form the basis for a reasonable inference of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to be drawn by a fact-finder when that evidence is viewed in a light most favorable to the State. We will not substitute our judgment for that of the jury when we apply that rule, and our only duty is to determine whether a quorum of reasonable and rational jurors would, or even could, have come to the same result as the jury actually did in the case under review. Robinson v. State, 11 P.3d 361, 368 (Wyo.2000) (citing Hodges v. State, 904 P.2d 334, 339 (Wyo.1995)). [¶ 23] Applying this standard to the evidence we have set out in detail above, we conclude that a reasonable and rational trier of fact could conclude that Mueller was guilty of either the greater or the lesser offenses defined by Wyo. Stat Ann. § 6-5-204(a) and (b), or have acquitted him. [9]