California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dixon, A140051 (Cal. App. 2017):
"Our task in deciding a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is a well-established one. '[W]e review the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment below to determine whether it discloses substantial evidencethat is, evidence that is reasonable, credible, and of solid valuefrom which a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citations.]' " (People v. Solomon (2010) 49 Cal.4th 792, 811.) In applying this standard, "we do not resolve credibility issues or evidentiary conflicts. Instead, we presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the jury could reasonably have deduced from the evidence. [Citation.] 'A reversal for insufficient evidence "is unwarranted unless it appears 'that upon no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to
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support' " the jury's verdict.' [Citations.]" (People v. Solis (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th 51, 56-57; see also People v. Vasquez (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 1512, 1517 [An appellate court "must accept logical inferences that the jury might have drawn from the evidence although [the court] would have concluded otherwise"].)
2. Analysis
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