The following excerpt is from United States v. Costanzo, 956 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2020):
United States v. Mahon , 804 F.3d 946, 950 (9th Cir. 2015). We view the evidence "in the light most favorable to the prosecution and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Id. (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).3
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