State v. Dover

Summary

The court held that the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss the charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and first-degree murder because the State presented substantial evidence supporting reasonable inferences that defendant committed the offenses. The court concluded that the circumstantial evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the State, was sufficient even though it did not exclude every hypothesis of innocence. It reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded for consideration of defendant's unresolved mistrial argument.