How does the court review the sufficiency of evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Aguilar, D055775 (Cal. App. 2011):
In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we examine the entire record in the light most favorable to the judgment to determine whether there is substantial evidence from which a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Nelson (2011) 51 Cal.4th 198, 210.) We presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the jury could reasonably deduce
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