California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Lucena, C059767, C064415, No. 04F10845 (Cal. App. 2010):
In assessing the evidence presented on count 14, we view it in the light most favorable to the judgment and presume in support thereof the existence of every fact the trier of fact reasonably could deduce from the evidence. (People v. Barnes (1986) 42 Cal.3d 284, 303.)
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