Us Supreme Court Court October 2011 Judgments

Cavazos Vs. Smith

Court: US Supreme Court

Cavazos v. Smith - 10-1115 (2011) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JAVIER CAVAZOS, ACTING WARDEN v. SHIRLEYREE SMITH on petition for writ of certiorari to the unitedstates court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 101115.Decided October 31, 2011 Per Curiam. The opinion of the Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (1979), makes clear that it is the responsibility of the jurynot the courtto decide what conclusions should be drawn from evidence admitted at trial. A reviewing court may set aside the jurys verdict on the ground of insufficient evidence only if no rational trier of fact could have agreed with the jury. What is more, a federal court may not overturn a state court decision rejecting a suf-ficiency of the evidence challenge simply because the fed-eral court disagrees with the state court. The federal court instead may do so only if the state court decision was objectively unreasonable. Renico v. Lett, 559 U. S. ___, ___ (2010) (slip op., at 5) (interna...