Court Opinion

ID: 9685597
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:52:03.434145+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:08.468609
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Boslaugh, Spencer, and McCown, JJ.,
dissenting.
The corpus delicti may be proved by circumstantial evidence, but it must be established by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to sustain a conviction. MacAvoy v. State, 144 Neb. 827, 15 N. W. 2d 45. To justify a conviction on circumstantial evidence it is necessary that the facts and circumstances essential to the conclusion sought be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and, when taken together, be inconsistent with any reasonable hypothesis of innocence. State v. Williams, 183 Neb. 257, 159 N. W. 2d 549. If the facts and circumstances proved are consistent with innocence, the evidence is not sufficient to sustain a conviction.