California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sy, 166 Cal.Rptr.3d 778, 223 Cal.App.4th 44 (Cal. App. 2014):
reasonable doubt. [Citations.] The standard of review is the same in cases in which the People rely mainly on circumstantial evidence. [Citation.] "Although it is the duty of the jury to acquit a defendant if it finds that circumstantial evidence is susceptible of two interpretations, one of which suggests guilt and the other innocence [citations], it is the jury, not the appellate court which must be convinced of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. "If the circumstances reasonably justify the trier of fact's findings, the opinion of the reviewing court that the circumstances might also reasonably be reconciled with a contrary finding does not warrant a reversal of the judgment." [Citations.]" [Citation.] [Citations.] The conviction shall stand unless it appears "that upon no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support [the conviction]." " ( People v. Cravens (2012) 53 Cal.4th 500, 507508, 136 Cal.Rptr.3d 40, 267 P.3d 1113.)
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