What is the test for a jury to find a defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Baker, 10 Cal.5th 1044, 274 Cal.Rptr.3d 655, 480 P.3d 49 (Cal. 2021):
defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citation.] We must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the People and presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence. [Citation]. We must also accept logical inferences that the jury might have drawn from the circumstantial evidence. " ( People v. Flores (2020) 9 Cal.5th 371, 411, 262 Cal.Rptr.3d 67, 462 P.3d 919.)
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