California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 14 Cal.Rptr.2d 441, 4 Cal.4th 354, 841 P.2d 961 (Cal. 1992):
To be sufficient for present purposes, evidence must be substantial. (People v. Flannel (1979) 25 Cal.3d 668, 684-685, 160 Cal.Rptr. 84, 603 P.2d 1.) To be substantial, it must allow a reasonable jury to make a determination favorable to the defendant. (Id. at p. 684, 160 Cal.Rptr. 84, 603 P.2d 1.) Here, it must allow such a jury to entertain a reasonable doubt whether defendant reasonably and honestly believed that the complainant consented.
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