State v. McDonald
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted on three separate counts of embezzlement and one count of conspiracy to commit embezzlement. Defendant filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that the evidence was not sufficient to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial justice denied the motion. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial justice erred in denying his motion for a new trial and in misconceiving the evidence, and in admitting certain evidence that Defendant alleged was irrelevant and unfairly prejudicial. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial justice conducted the appropriate analysis and was not clearly wrong in denying Defendant’s motion for a new trial; and (2) the trial justice was not clearly wrong in finding that the probative value of the evidence at issue outweighed its prejudicial effect.
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