Opinion ID: 483595
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: 31 The next challenge to the conviction is that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. The applicable test is whether, viewing all the evidence and inferences from it in the light most favorable to the government, a rational jury could have found each element of the crime. United States v. Pritchard, 745 F.2d 1112, 1122 (7th Cir.1984). Hillsberg does not deny shooting Pamonicutt. The only contested element is intent. As stated above, conviction of second degree murder requires that Hillsberg acted with malice aforethought, viz. with the intent to kill Pamonicutt or with callous and wanton disregard of the consequences to human life. The jury had ample evidence to support a finding of the requisite intent.