Can a federal judge overturn a state court's finding that sufficient evidence was sufficient to convict a man of a sexual assault?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fowler-Scholz v. Angelea, 2:19-cv-2164 TLN DB (E.D. Cal. 2021):
elements the offense and then turn to the federal question of whether the state court was objectively unreasonable in concluding that sufficient evidence supported that conviction. See Johnson v. Montgomery, 899 F.3d 1052, 1056 (9th Cir. 2018).
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