Can a defendant challenge their convictions on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to support their convictions?
The following excerpt is from United States v. Nouri, Docket No. 09-3627-cr(L), Docket No. 09-5215-cr(C), Docket No. 10-0716-cr(C), Docket No. 10-2107-cr(C), Docket No. 10-2126-cr(C) (2nd Cir. 2013):
Defendants also challenge their convictions on the ground that there was insufficient evidence to support them. We may overturn the convictions on this basis only if, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, no "rational trier of fact" could have found that the government established the essential elements of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979).
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