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Moczygemba v. United States

U.S.
Mar 29, 1999
526 U.S. 1040 (1999)
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noting that a legal sufficiency challenge is an argument that the record discloses a complete absence of evidence of a vital fact; the court is barred by rules of law or of evidence from giving weight to the only evidence offered to prove a vital fact; the evidence offered to prove a vital fact is no more than a mere scintilla; or the evidence establishes conclusively the opposite of a vital fact

Summary of this case from In re Covington
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Opinion

No. 98-1355.

March 29, 1999, OCTOBER TERM, 1998.

C.A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 148 F. 3d 487.

Summaries of

Moczygemba v. United States

U.S.
Mar 29, 1999
526 U.S. 1040 (1999)

noting that a legal sufficiency challenge is an argument that the record discloses a complete absence of evidence of a vital fact; the court is barred by rules of law or of evidence from giving weight to the only evidence offered to prove a vital fact; the evidence offered to prove a vital fact is no more than a mere scintilla; or the evidence establishes conclusively the opposite of a vital fact

Summary of this case from In re Covington

setting out the standard for legal sufficiency

Summary of this case from Bennett v. Wise Cnty.

permitting incorporation by reference, at the penalty phase, of evidence adduced at the earlier guilt phase

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Case details for

Moczygemba v. United States

Case Details

Full title:MOCZYGEMBA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 29, 1999

Citations

526 U.S. 1040 (1999)

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