What is the test for determining whether there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of felony murder?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Davis, 2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 07818, 28 N.Y.3d 294, 44 N.Y.S.3d 358, 66 N.E.3d 1076 (N.Y. 2016):

The primary issue in this appeal is whether legally sufficient evidence supported defendant's felony murder convictions. We therefore view "the facts in a light most favorable to the People" to determine whether " there is a valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences from which a rational jury could have found the elements of the crime proved beyond a reasonable doubt " (People v. Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 349, 849 N.Y.S.2d 480, 880 N.E.2d 1 [2007] [citations omitted] ).

We agree with the People that the evidence at trial was sufficient to support defendant's convictions.

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