Is circumstantial evidence sufficient to invalidate a jury's opinion?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Davis, F076884 (Cal. App. 2020):

" 'Where, as here, the jury's findings rest to some degree upon circumstantial evidence, we must decide whether the circumstances reasonably justify those findings, "but our opinion that the circumstances also might reasonably be reconciled with a contrary finding" does not render the evidence insubstantial.' [Citation.]" (People v. Tafoya (2007) 42 Cal.4th 147, 170,) As a result, we "must accept logical inferences that the jury might have drawn from the circumstantial evidence." (People v. Maury (2003) 30 Cal.4th 342, 396.)

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