Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//December 30, 2015//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. James Lee Eady, JR

Case No.: 2015AP110-CR

Officials: Before Curley, P.J., Brennan, J., and Daniel L. LaRocque, Reserve Judge

Practice Area: Sufficiency of Evidence

James Lee Eady, Jr., appeals the judgment convicting him of robbing a financial institution, a U.S. Bank, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 943.87 (2011-12). He argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove a required element of this crime, that the bank was chartered under either state or federal law. Although the State did not offer direct evidence of the bank’s charter, we conclude that the circumstantial evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict and affirm the conviction.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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