The following excerpt is from United States v. Christensen, 828 F.3d 763 (9th Cir. 2015):
Defendants challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the RICO enterprise in a Rule 29 motion, which the district court denied. The denial of a Rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal is reviewed de novo. United States v. Chapman , 528 F.3d 1215, 1218 (9th Cir. 2008). The court view[s] the evidence in the light most favorable to the government and determine[s] whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Id. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see United States v. Nevils , 598 F.3d 1158, 116364 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc).
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