In a federal habeas review of a claim of insufficiency of evidence in a criminal case, what are the requirements for the federal court to consider all evidence?
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The following excerpt is from Gray v. Brenda M. Cash, No. 2:13-cv-0564-KJM-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
In conducting federal habeas review of a claim of insufficiency of the evidence, "all evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the prosecution." Ngo v. Giurbino, 651 F.3d 1112, 1115 (9th Cir. 2011). "A petitioner for a federal writ of habeas corpus faces a heavy burden when challenging the sufficiency of the evidence used to obtain a state conviction
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