Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//March 1, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Thomas Warrant Pitts

Case No.: 2015AP1056-CR

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Higginbotham and Blanchard, JJ.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Thomas Pitts appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of property with altered identification marks. Pitts contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction for felon in possession of a firearm, but insufficient to support the conviction for possession of property with altered identification marks. We affirm in part and reverse in part and remand with directions.

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