What is the burden of proving insufficient evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, D073325 (Cal. App. 2018):
An appellant challenging the sufficiency of the evidence bears a heavy burden. (People v. Powell (2011) 194 Cal.App.4th 1268, 1287.) " 'A reversal for insufficient evidence "is unwarranted unless it appears 'that upon no hypothesis whatever is there
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