The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Manera, 85 F.3d 638 (9th Cir. 1996):
All three appellants contend there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) & 846. The standard for reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence is 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 proven beyond a reasonable doubt. 5 Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979).
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