What is the burden of a defendant who challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting their conviction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Piton, No. 16-2608-cr (2nd Cir. 2017):
A defendant who challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a conviction "bears a heavy burden." United States v. Griffith, 284 F.3d 338, 348 (2d Cir. 2002). We "must sustain the jury's guilty verdict if 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. Heras, 609 F.3d 101, 105 (2d Cir. 2010) (quotation marks omitted).
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