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(   #%Xb#XbX.%DavidG.Hayes,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJosephM._Tipton_andJoeG.  Riley,JJ.,joined.  W.MarkWard,AssistantShelbyCountyPublicDefender,Memphis,Tennessee,fortheAppellant, t Wesley_Pickett_. ` PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;MichaelMoore,SolicitorGeneral;KimR. 8!  Helper,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;WilliamL.Gibbons,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andJennifer $"t! _Nichols_,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee. #`" #%XXb#XbX%r@@OO& OPINION #%XXb #XbX% %$!%  FactualBackground  '"' #%XXb? #  XbX%  XbXXXb  TheeventsleadingtothechargesagainsttheAppellantbeganwhenDavidJohnsondropped )$) offhis1993FordExplorerataFirestoneautostoreonthemorningofNovember14,1998,tohave p*%* histiresreplaced.Johnsongaveanemployeehiskeysandsawhimplacethekeysinanenvelope, \+&+ whichwasthenplacedbehindthecounter. H,',  4-(- _  Ashorttimelater,RickMordachini,Firestonesmanagerofvehicleservices,wastestdriving  apickuptruckwithcustomerJacquelineJohnson.Anothercustomer,AlexanderWilliams,ran  tothepickupandadvisedhimthatatallblackmaninatanjackethadreachedbehindthecounter,  grabbedanenvelope,andproceededtowalkoutofthestore.Afterbrieflysearchingtheparkinglot t fortheman,MordachinispottedtheAppellantenteringaFordExplorer.Afterparkingthepickup ` behindtheExplorertoblockitsegress,MordachiniandJacquelineJohnsonexitedthepickup. L  MordachinitoldtheAppellanttogetoutoftheExplorer,butinstead,theAppellantproceededto 8  slamintoJohnsonstruck,thenintoWilliamscar,andfinallyintotheFirestonebuildinginaneffort $ t tofleefromthescene.Thestoresfrontglasswindowwasknockedout,andallthreevehicles  ` sustaineddamagesover$500. #  1      ׀WhentheExplorerstalled,theAppellantexitedthevehicleandfled  L  onfoot.MordachiniandWilliamsjumpedintoJohnsonspickupandchasedtheAppellant.He  8  waseventuallycaught,tiedup,andreturnedtotheFirestonestore,wherehewasarrestedbya $  Memphispoliceofficerwhohadbeencalledtothescene.     OnMarch25,1999,theShelbyCountyGrandJuryreturnedthreeindictmentsagainstthe   Appellant,resultingintwochargesofclassEvandalismandonechargeofclassDtheft.Attrial,   bothRichardMordachiniandJacquelineJohnsonpositivelyidentifiedtheAppellantasthemanin p theExploreranddescribedtheeventsleadingtothevandalismofthetwovehicles.Athirdwitness, \ RodneyLanceRobbins,couldnotpositivelyidentifytheAppellantattrial,buthewaspositivethat H themanreturnedtothesceneofthecrimeafterthechasewasthemanwhodroveawayinthe 4 Explorer.  p   OnJune1,2001,aShelbyCountyjuryfoundtheAppellantguiltyofalloffensesascharged H intheindictments.Atthesentencinghearing,theAppellantwassentencedasacareeroffenderto 4 sixyearsimprisonmentforeachvandalismoffenseandtwelveyearsforthetheft.Thetrialcourt   orderedthesixyearsentencesbeservedconcurrentlybutconsecutivetothetwelveyearsentence.   TheAppellantsubsequentlyfiledamotionfornewtrial,whichwasdenied.  @& Analysis    Onappeal,theAppellantchallengesthejurysverdictfindinghimguiltyoftheftand X  vandalism.Whenanappellantchallengesthesufficiencyoftheevidence,thiscourtmustdetermine D!  whether,afterviewingtheevidenceinthelightmostfavorabletothe[State],anyrationaltrierof 0"  factcouldhavefoundtheessentialelementsofacrimebeyondareasonabledoubt.Jacksonv. #l! Virginia,443U.S.307,319,99S.Ct.2781,2789(1979);seealsoTenn.R.App.P.13(e);#XbXX Xb # XbXXXbStatev. $X" Duncan,698S.W.2d63,67(Tenn.1985).TheStateisentitledtothestrongestlegitimateviewof $D # theevidenceandallreasonableinferencesthatmaybedrawntherefrom.Statev.Cabbage,571 %0!$ S.W.2d832,835(Tenn.1978). &"%  '#& Ї  Thecredibilityofwitnesses,theweightoftheirtestimony,andthereconciliationofconflicts  intheevidence,aremattersentrustedexclusivelytothetrieroffacts.Statev.Gentry,881S.W.2d  1,3(Tenn.Crim.App.1993)(citingByrgev.State,575S.W.2d292,295(Tenn.Crim.App.1978)). t AjuryverdictfortheStateaccreditsthetestimonyoftheStateswitnessesandresolvesallconflicts ` infavoroftheState.Statev.Williams,657S.W.2d405,410(Tenn.1983).Moreover,guilty L  verdictsremovethepresumptionofinnocenceenjoyedbydefendantsattrialandreplaceitwitha 8  presumptionofguilt.Statev.Grace,493S.W.2d474,476(Tenn.1973).Thus,anappellant $ t challengingthesufficiencyoftheevidencecarriestheburdenofillustratingtothiscourtwhythe  ` evidenceisinsufficienttosupporttheverdict.Statev.Freeman,943S.W.2d25,29(Tenn.Crim.  L  App.1996).  8    Specifically,theAppellantarguesthattheevidenceisinsufficientunderJacksonv.Virginia   tojustifyarationaltrieroffactinfindinghimguiltyoftheoffensesbeyondareasonabledoubt.   Jacksonv.Virginiaaddressestwoimportantaspectsofasufficiencyreview:(1)themannerof   reviewoftheconvictingevidence,and(2)thestandardofreviewforlegalsufficiency.Thescope   ofourexaminationoftheevidenceisnotequivalenttothatofthejury.Inachallengetothe p sufficiencyoftheevidence,thiscourtdoesnotretrythedefendant.Weemphasizethatour \ examinationinasufficiencyreviewisnottorevisitinconsistent,contradicting,implausible,ornon H credibleproof,astheseissuesareresolvedsolelybythejury.Rather,welooktotherecordto 4 determinewhethertherewassubstantiveprobativeevidencetosupporttheverdict.Thesecond  p inquiry,thequestionoflegalsufficiency,thenfollows:whethertherecordcontainsevidencefrom  \ whichthejurycouldhavefoundtheessentialelementsofthecrimebeyondareasonabledoubt. H Everyreasonablehypothesisofinnocenceneednotbedispelled;itisonlynecessarythatthereexists 4 proofwhichsupportstheelementsofthecrime.TheAppellantwasconvictedunderTennessee   CodeAnnotated3914103,whichprovidesthattheftofpropertyoccurswhen withintentto   deprivetheownerofproperty,thepersonknowinglyobtainsorexercisescontrolovertheproperty  withouttheownerseffectiveconsent.ThetestimonyattrialestablishedthattheAppellanttook  thekeystotheExplorerandthatthreewitnessessawtheAppellantinsidetheExplorertryingto  removeitfromthelot.Inaddition,theownertestifiedthatconsenthadnotbeengiven. l   TheAppellantwasalsoconvictedunderTennesseeCodeAnnotated3914408,which D! definesvandalismas knowingly,caus[ing]damagetoorthedestructionofanyrealorpersonal 0"  propertyofanother...knowingthatthepersondoesnothavetheownerseffectiveconsent.... #l! Theevidencebeforethejurywassufficienttoestablishtheoffense.Twoeyewitnessestestifiedthat $X" theysawtheactionstakenbytheAppellantwhilehewasintheExplorerthatcausedthedamageto $D # thetwovehicles.TakeninthelightmostfavorabletotheState,theevidencewasmorethan %0!$ sufficientforarationaltrieroffacttohavefoundtheAppellantguiltyofthecrimesforwhichhewas &"% convictedbeyondareasonabledoubt.  '#& @FF% CONCLUSION    Insum,weconcludethattheevidenceinthiscase,takenasawholeandinthelightmost  favorabletotheState,waslegallysufficienttopermitarationaltrieroffacttofindbeyonda t reasonabledoubtthattheAppellantwasguiltyoftheftofamotorvehiclevaluedbetweenone ` thousandandtenthousanddollarsandtwocountsofvandalismcausingdamageoverfivehundred L  dollars.Thejudgmentsofconvictionareaffirmed.#XbXX Xb# 8     `     h     ___________________________________      `     h     DAVIDG.HAYES,JUDGE