Court Opinion

ID: 9699559
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:33:37.328274+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:53.133315
License: Public Domain

MANDERINO, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. Appellant’s demurrer to the. evidence should have been sustained and a. directed verdict entered in his favor. The majority correctly notes that none of the facts proven by the prosecution, together with the rea*562sonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, would be sufficient to establish guilt when considered individually. I cannot, however, agree with their conclusion that the collective strength of the evidence presented is sufficient to warrant a jury in finding guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In my opinion, such a verdict could only be based upon conjecture, suspicion, and surmise.