California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, B298710 (Cal. App. 2020):
trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.' [Citation.] We determine '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.' [Citation.] In so doing, a reviewing court '"'presumes in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence.'"'" (People v. Morales (2020) 10 Cal.5th 76, 88; see People v. Penunuri (2018) 5 Cal.5th 126, 142 ["'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.'"].)
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