UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
WOODROW LOUIS KIPP, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
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The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The defendant was convicted of assaulting a victim with a dangerous weapon during a barroom brawl on an Indian reservation. The evidence indicated the…
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PER CURIAM:
Kipp, an Indian, was convicted by a jury for having assaulted one Smith with a dangerous weapon. The offense stemmed from a “barroom brawl” on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Kipp appeals on the sole ground that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict.
The conviction must be affirmed if reasonable and prudent persons could have concluded that the evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the Government, Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 80, 62 S.Ct. 457, 469, 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942); United States v. Hughes, 626 F. 2d 619 (9th Cir. 1980); United States v. Ponticelli, 622 F. 2d 985, (9th Cir. 1980); United States v. Basey, 613 F. 2d 198, 201 (9th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 100 S.Ct. 1854, 64 L.Ed.2d 274 (1980), warranted a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 316-321, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2788-2791, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); United States v. Abraham, 617 F. 2d 187, 190 (9th Cir. 1980); United States v. Gardner, 611 F. 2d 770, 775 (9th Cir. 1980); United States v. Herrera-Medina, 609 F. 2d 376, 380 (9th Cir. 1979); United States v. Friedman, 593 F. 2d 109, 114-15 (9th Cir. 1979). The “clearly erroneous” standard has no application in the review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a jury verdict in a criminal case. Cf. United States v. Hudson, 609 F. 2d 1326, 1329 (9th Cir. 1979); United States v. King, 552 F. 2d 833, 852 (9th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 966, 97 S.Ct. 1646, 52 L.Ed.2d 357 (1977).
The altercation occurred in the darkness, but there is testimony in the record to the effect that Kipp “struck” the victim Smith, that Kipp had a knife in his hand shortly before striking Smith, and that Smith suffered a knife cut. The jury was entitled to consider the evidence as a whole, including reasonable inferences that could be drawn therefrom. United States v. Nelson, 419 F. 2d 1237, 1242-45 (9th Cir. 1969).
The judgment is
AFFIRMED.
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- Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60 (U.S. 1942)
- Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (U.S. 1979)
- United States v. Nelson, 419 F.2d 1237 (9th Cir. 1969)
- United States v. Friedman, 593 F.2d 109 (9th Cir. 1979)
- United States v. King, 552 F.2d 833 (9th Cir. 1976)
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- United States v. Gardner, 611 F.2d 770 (9th Cir. 1980)
- United States v. Ponticelli, 622 F.2d 985 (9th Cir. 1980)
- United States v. Sherron Basey, 613 F.2d 198 (9th Cir. 1979)