5 District of Columbia opinions name it 1 courts 2013–2025 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by District of Columbia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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JAMES J. DORSEY v. UNITED STATESgreen2 sentences2025“An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” Dorsey v. United States, 154 A.3d 106, 112 (D.C. 2017) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2025“An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” Dorsey v. United States, 154 A.3d 106, 112 (D.C. 2017) (internal quotation marks omitted). | 2 | 2 |
James M. Schools v. United Statesgreen2 sentences2023“An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” Id. (quoting Schools v. United States, 84 A.3d 503, 508 (D.C. 2013)). 2017“An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” Schools v. United States, 84 A.3d 503, 508 (D.C. 2013) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Olafisoye v. United States, 857 A.2d 1078, 1086 (D.C. 2004)). | 2 | 2 |
Olafisoye v. United Statesgreen2 sentences2017“An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” Schools v. United States, 84 A.3d 503, 508 (D.C. 2013) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Olafisoye v. United States, 857 A.2d 1078, 1086 (D.C. 2004)). 2013An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency ―bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.‖ Olafisoye v. United States, 857 A.2d 1078, 1086 (D.C. 2004) (internal quotation marks omitted). | 2 | 2 |
Smith v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2023“In considering the sufficiency of the evidence, we make no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence, and ‘[c]ircumstantial evidence is not intrinsically inferior to direct evidence.’” (Christopher) Smith v. United States, 809 A.2d 1216, 1222 (D.C. 2002) (alteration in original) (quoting Bernard v. United States, 575 A.2d 1191, 1193 (D.C. 1990)). 14 1. | 1 | 1 |
Bernard v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2023“In considering the sufficiency of the evidence, we make no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence, and ‘[c]ircumstantial evidence is not intrinsically inferior to direct evidence.’” (Christopher) Smith v. United States, 809 A.2d 1216, 1222 (D.C. 2002) (alteration in original) (quoting Bernard v. United States, 575 A.2d 1191, 1193 (D.C. 1990)). 14 1. | 1 | 1 |
Hammond v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2017To sustain a conviction for UPP, the evidence “must show that 1) the defendant had been convicted of a felony and 2) that he owned or kept a firearm, or that he had a firearm in his possession or under his control.” Hammond v. United States, 77 A.3d 964, 969 (D.C. 2013) (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 1 |
McDaniel v. Browngreen1 sentence2013In considering an evidentiary-insufficiency claim, we ―view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, giving full play to the right of the jury to determine credibility, weigh the evidence, and draw justifiable inferences of fact.‖ Freeman v. United States, 912 A.2d 1213, 1218 (D.C. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted). ―Expressed more fully, this means a reviewing court[,] faced with a record of historical facts that supports conflicting inferences[,] must presume — even if it does not affirmatively appear in the record — that the trier of 9 fact resolved any such confli | 1 | 1 |
United States v. Rapone, Anthonygreen1 sentence2013In considering an evidentiary-insufficiency claim, we ―view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, giving full play to the right of the jury to determine credibility, weigh the evidence, and draw justifiable inferences of fact.‖ Freeman v. United States, 912 A.2d 1213, 1218 (D.C. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted). ―Expressed more fully, this means a reviewing court[,] faced with a record of historical facts that supports conflicting inferences[,] must presume — even if it does not affirmatively appear in the record — that the trier of 9 fact resolved any such confli | 1 | 1 |
Freeman v. United Statesgreen2 sentences2013In considering an evidentiary-insufficiency claim, we “view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, giving full play to the right of the jury to determine credibility, weigh the evidence, and draw justifiable inferences of fact.” Freeman v. United States, 912 A.2d 1213, 1218 (D.C.2006) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2013In considering an evidentiary-insufficiency claim, we ―view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, giving full play to the right of the jury to determine credibility, weigh the evidence, and draw justifiable inferences of fact.‖ Freeman v. United States, 912 A.2d 1213, 1218 (D.C. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted). ―Expressed more fully, this means a reviewing court[,] faced with a record of historical facts that supports conflicting inferences[,] must presume — even if it does not affirmatively appear in the record — that the trier of 9 fact resolved any such confli | 1 | 1 |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in District of Columbia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Omar v. Rollerson & Rolita N. Burns v. United States
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1 sentence2023“An appellant making a claim of evidentiary insufficiency bears the heavy burden of showing that the prosecution offered no evidence upon which a reasonable mind could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” Id. (quoting Schools v. United States, 84 A.3d 503, 508 (D.C. 2013)). | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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