The following excerpt is from United States v. Dupree, Docket No. 15-1444-cr(L), Docket No. 15-1447-cr (CON), Docket No. 15-1450-cr(CON) (2nd Cir. 2017):
"We review challenges to the sufficiency of evidence de novo, and will uphold a conviction if 'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'" Rosemond, 841 F.3d at 113 (quoting United States v. Vernace, 811 F.3d 609, 615 (2d Cir. 2016)). In assessing the sufficiency of the evidence, we "view the evidence in the light most
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