California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The PEOPLE V. Petitioner, No. DL027294, No. G042661 (Cal. App. 2010):
"In determining whether a reasonable trier of fact could have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the appellate court 'must view the evidence in a light most favorable to respondent and presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence.' [Citations.]" (People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 576.)
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