The following excerpt is from United States v. Weathersby, 19-735-cr (2nd Cir. 2021):
We evaluate challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence underlying a criminal conviction by asking "whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Willis, 5 F.4th 250, 261 (2d Cir. 2021) (internal quotation marks omitted). We "draw all permissible inferences in favor of the government and resolve all issues of credibility in favor of the jury's verdict." Id.
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