State v. Karngar
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant Emmanuel Karngar was found guilty of breaking and entering. Defendant appealed, arguing that his motion for a new trial should have been granted based on the lack of credibility of the complaining witness, the lack of evidence in light of the charge, and the overall insufficiency of the evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed the superior court, holding (1) Defendant's motion for a new trial failed to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, and therefore the Court declined to decide that claim; and (2) the trial justice did not abuse his discretion in finding that reasonable minds could disagree about the witnesses' credibility and that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence.
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