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Rich v. State

Defendant stabbed his wife in the back of her arm, cut her repeatedly with a kitchen knife and slashed her twin sister's throat.

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Appellant Harry James Rich appeals his convictions for murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery.1 In his sole enumeration of error, appellant claims the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdicts. The evidence of record establishes that appellant shared a home with his wife and her twin sister. One evening, following a domestic dispute, appellant stabbed his wife in the back of her arm with a kitchen knife. He then chased her out of the home and toward a neighbor’s house, all the while slashing at her with the knife and cutting her. The wife’s sister then came out of the home and yelled for appellant to stop, whereupon he began pursuing her. The wife’s sister ran to a different neighbor’s house, but appellant caught her, stabbed her repeatedly and slashed her throat, killing her. When taken into custody shortly after the attacks, appellant had several fresh cuts and slashes on his arms. Several knives were recovered from the area of the crime scene, all of which were covered in blood later determined to be the blood of appellant’s wife and her deceased sister. Appellant’s wife survived the attack and testified on behalf of the State at appellant’s trial.

The evidence of record, construed most favorably to the verdict, was sufficient to enable rational triers of fact to find appellant guilty beyond all reasonable doubt of the crimes of which he was convicted.2

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