California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Contreras, 26 Cal.App.4th 944, 31 Cal.Rptr.2d 757 (Cal. App. 1994):
"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 be reasonably reconciled with a contrary finding does not warrant a reversal of the judgment. [Citations.]" (People v. Bean, supra, 46 Cal.3d at pp. 932-933, 251 Cal.Rptr. 467, 760 P.2d 996, internal quotation marks omitted.)
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