What is the test for reversing a finding in a motion to overturn a finding of not guilty?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, B285681 (Cal. App. 2018):
The lesson from People v. Mendoza Tello, supra, 15 Cal.4th 264, is that an appellate court should not reverse "unless it can be truly confident all the relevant facts have been developed." (Id. at p. 267, italics added.) Or, as the court in People v. Hinds, supra, 108 Cal.App.4th 897 put it, "[w]e are wary of adjudicating
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