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Tag Archives: Sufficiency Of Evidence

Workers’ Compensation: SIF Liability-Sufficiency of Evidence-Hearing Loss

Where a claimant challenged the denial of his claim against the Second Injury Fund for benefits, the claimant failed to meet his burden to show that he was permanently totally disabled due to a combination of his preexisting Parkinson’s disease ...

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Criminal Law: Drug Conspiracy-Sufficiency of Evidence-Drug Quantity

Where a defendant challenged convictions including for drug conspiracy and money laundering charges, sufficient evidence existed to allow a jury to conclude that each element of the offenses was satisfied, and the defendant did not show error in the drug ...

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Juvenile Law: Delinquency Finding-Sexual Misconduct-Sufficiency of Evidence

  Where a juvenile challenged a judgment finding him to be delinquent, the evidence showed that the juvenile sent a pornographic photo to a minor, but the juvenile court erred in finding that the juvenile sent a photo of his ...

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Criminal Law: Domestic Assault-Sufficiency of Evidence-Physical Evidence

Where a defendant challenged his conviction for domestic assault, evidence that the victim was strangled resulting in unconsciousness was sufficient to support a finding that she suffered a physical injury to support the conviction for domestic assault in the second ...

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Workers’ Compensation: Deceased Employee-Successor in Interest-Sufficiency of Evidence

Where an employer challenged an award of workers’ compensation benefits to the estate of a deceased employee, Section 287.580 applied and did not mandate the application of Rule 52.13, and the requirements of the statute were satisfied, so the employer ...

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Criminal Law: Exploiting a Minor-Sufficiency of Evidence-Specific Intent

Where a defendant, who filmed himself having sex with two underage girls, challenged his convictions, the specific intent requirement was met because the government showed that one of the defendant’s dominant purposes for sexually exploiting the minors was to create ...

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Criminal Law: Assault-Sufficiency of Evidence

Where a defendant, who was convicted on charges including second-degree assault and armed criminal action, challenged his convictions, the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction because he fired a gun toward a vehicle that he knew contained three passengers, ...

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Insurance Law: Vexatious Refusal-Sufficiency of Evidence-Deposition Testimony

Where an insurer challenged a judgment for an insured who sought uninsured motorist benefits after an auto accident, the insured made a submissible case on the insurer’s vexatious refusal to pay, and the trial court did not err in allowing ...

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