Can a judgment of the trial court be set aside for the insufficiency of evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Alspaugh, C061419, No. 08F07180 (Cal. App. 2010):
"Before the judgment of the trial court can be set aside for the insufficiency of the evidence, it must clearly appear that on no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support the verdict of the jury." (People v. Hicks (1982) 128 Cal.App.3d 423, 429.)
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