What is the test for establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Webster, F069405 (Cal. App. 2016):
We are not required to ask whether we believe the trial evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 576.) Rather, the issue is whether any rational jury could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt after viewing the evidence favorably for the prosecution. (Id. at p. 576)
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