What is the standard of review applied in determining the sufficiency of evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Robertson, B241119 (Cal. App. 2014):
When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged, we review the entire record in the light most favorable to the judgment below to determine if it contains substantial evidence; i.e., evidence that is reasonable, credible and of solid value, from which a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Solomon (2010) 49 Cal.4th 792, 811.) This standard of review is applied regardless of whether the People rely primarily on direct or circumstantial evidence. (Ibid.) We presume in support of the judgment the existence of any fact the jury
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reasonably could have deduced from the evidence. (People v. Kraft (2000) 23 Cal.4th 978, 1053.) Thus, we must accept logical inferences the jury might have drawn, even if we would have reached a contrary conclusion. (Solomon, at pp. 811-812.)
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