What is the test of sufficiency of evidence in a murder trial?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Tagalicud, 84 F.3d 1180 (9th Cir. 1996):
We first take up the sufficiency of evidence challenges, because they would lead to reversal without retrial. The test of sufficiency is "whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Vgeri, 51 F.3d 876, 879 (9th Cir.1995) (quotations omitted).
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