Is insufficient evidence sufficient to overturn a jury's verdict?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Adams, B282045 (Cal. App. 2019):

upon which a determination depends. [Citation.] We resolve neither credibility issues nor evidentiary conflicts; we look for substantial evidence. [Citation.]" [Citation.] A reversal for insufficient evidence "is unwarranted unless it appears 'that upon no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support'" the jury's verdict.'" (People v. Penunuri (2018) 5 Cal.5th 126, 142.)

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