Can a federal court grant habeas relief from a state conviction based on a claim of insufficient evidence?
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The following excerpt is from Hoskins v. Vasquez, 883 F.2d 1024 (9th Cir. 1989):
A federal court will grant habeas relief from a state conviction based on a claim of insufficient evidence only if "no rational trier of fact could, on the record as a whole interpreted in the light most favorable to the prosecution, have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." Hines v. Enomoto, 658 F.2d 667, 676 (9th Cir.1981) (citing Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979)).
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