How does the US Supreme Court review challenges to the sufficiency of evidence de novo?

"We review challenges to the sufficiency of evidence de novo." United States v. Pierce, 785 F.3d 832, 837 (2d Cir. 2015). A defendant "bears a heavy burden because we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, drawing

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all inferences in the government's favor and deferring to the jury's assessments of the witnesses' credibility." Id. at 838 (internal quotation marks omitted). "We will sustain the jury's verdict if 'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'" Id (quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) (emphasis in original)).