When reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence in a sexual assault case, what is the test for a finding that the evidence was insufficient?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. Mills, No. 12-3131-cr (2nd Cir. 2013):
When reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, "[w]e will not disturb the conviction if, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Greer, 631 F.3d 608, 613 (2d Cir. 2011) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also United States v. Gaines, 295 F.3d 293, 299-300 (2d Cir. 2002).
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