What is the current state of the law on due process in cases involving sexual assault cases?

Due Process protects an accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 365 (1970). "It is well established that the uncorroborated testimony of a single witness may be sufficient to sustain a conviction." United States v. Katakis, 800 F.3d 1017, 1028 (9th Cir. 2015) (quoting United States v. Dodge, 538 F.2d 770, 783 (8th Cir. 1976)). "[T]he critical inquiry on review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction must be not simply to determine whether the jury was properly instructed, but to determine whether the record evidence could reasonable support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable

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doubt. . . . [T]he relevant question 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 beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 318-19 (1979).