State v. Drew

• Decision Date: 03 September 1929
• Docket Number: 5372
• Citation: 280 P. 678,48 Idaho 193
• Parties: STATE, Respondent, v. JOHN DREW and EARL MANION, Appellants
• Court: Idaho Supreme Court

280 P. 678

48 Idaho 193

STATE, Respondent, v. JOHN DREW and EARL MANION, Appellants

No. 5372

Supreme Court of Idaho

September 3, 1929

CRIMINAL LAW-INSUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.

Where evidence was manifestly insufficient to sustain conviction for burglary in first degree, judgment will be reversed and case remanded.

APPEAL from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, for Bingham County. Hon. Ralph W. Adair, Judge.

Judgment of conviction of burglary. Reversed and remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

Tyler & Christensen and J. H. Andersen, for Appellants.

The appellate court cannot and will not shift the responsibility to the jury, but will examine the evidence to ascertain whether or not the verdict is supported by the evidence. (State v. Nesbit, 4 Idaho 548, 43 P. 66; State v. Jones, 25 Idaho 587, 138 P. 1116; State v. Trego, 25 Idaho 625, 138 P. 1124; State v. Donnington, 246 Mo. 343, 151 S.W. 975; State v. Baker, 6 Idaho 496, 56 P. 81; State v. Anderson, 6 Idaho 706, 59 P. 180.)

If the proof fails to establish either of the elements of the crime necessary to constitute the crime charged, the verdict and judgment of conviction thereon will be set aside. (State v. Sullivan, 34 Idaho 68, 17 A. L. R. 902, 199 P. 647; State v. Crawford, 59 Utah 39, 201 P. 1030; Russell v. State, 86 Tex. Cr. 587, 219 S.W. 835.)

W. D. Gillis, Attorney General, Fred J. Babcock, Assistant Attorney General, and Z. Reed Millar, Prosecuting Attorney, for Respondent.

A verdict supported by sufficient evidence or substantially supported by evidence will not be disturbed on appeal. (State v. Williams, 12 Idaho 483, 86 P. 53; State v. Levy, 9 Idaho 483, 75 P. 227; State v. Abbott, 38 Idaho 61, 213 P. 1024, 224 P. 791; State v. Starcher, 39 Idaho 327, 227 P. 386; State v. Bariger, 39 Idaho 328, 227 P. 34; State v. Smith, 30 Idaho 337, 164 P. 519; State v. Mox Mox, 28 Idaho 176, 152 P. 802; State v. McLennan, 40 Idaho 286, 231 P. 718; State v. Brassfield, 40 Idaho 203, 232 P. 1.)

WM. E. LEE, J. Budge, C. J., and Givens, T. Bailey Lee and Varian, JJ., concur.

OPINION

WM. E. LEE, J.

John Drew and Earl Manion, together with William Hammond, were convicted of burglary in the first degree, and Drew and Manion have appealed. The evidence is manifestly insufficient to sustain the verdict. The judgment is, therefore, reversed and the case remanded.

Budge, C. J., and Givens, T. Bailey Lee and Varian, JJ., concur.