California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Trinidad, B184563 (Cal. App. 12/6/2006), B184563 (Cal. App. 2006):
"The law applicable to a claim of insufficiency of the evidence is well settled: ` "In reviewing [a claim regarding] the sufficiency of the evidence, we must determine `whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.' [Citation.] `[T]he court must review the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment below to determine whether it discloses substantial evidence that is, evidence which is reasonable, credible, and of solid value such that a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.' [Citation.] We ` "presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence." ' " [Citation.] If we determine that a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the due process clause of the United States Constitution is satisfied [citation], as is the due process clause of article I, section 15, of the California Constitution [citation].' [Citations.]" (People v. Carter (2005) 36 Cal.4th 1114, 1156.)
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