What is the test for sufficiency of the evidence in a motion to overturn a conviction?

In reviewing a defendant's challenge to a conviction on sufficiency of the evidence grounds, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government and draw all permissible inferences in its favor. United States v. Sureff, 15 F.3d 225, 228 (2d Cir.1994). The judgment of conviction must be upheld if "any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the charged crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Taylor, 18 F.3d 55, 58 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 114 S.Ct. 2720 (1994) (emphasis in original) (quotation marks omitted).