California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Javier, B160036. (Cal. App. 2003):
case is whether, on the entire record, a rational trier of fact could find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citations.] In making this determination, 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. . . . Our task . . . is twofold. First, we must resolve the issue in the light of the whole record. . . . Second, we must judge whether the evidence . . . is substantial. . . .' (People v. Barnes (1986) 42 Cal.3d 284, 303, 228 Cal. Rptr. 228, 721 P.2d 110.)" (People v. Proby (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 922, 928, italics in original, internal quotation marks omitted.)
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