What is the test for reversal of a conviction based on insufficiency of the evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Zelaya, B270741 (Cal. App. 2017):
In view of the ambiguity of our instructions, it was appropriate for the trial court to interpret the instructions "in light of the law and the appellate opinion[.]" (Ayyad, supra, 210 Cal.App.4th at p. 863, fn. 7.) We therefore turn to an analysis of our prior opinion and of the law governing reversal of prior conviction findings based on insufficiency of the evidence.
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