What is the role of a court in reviewing a sufficiency of evidence claim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Alcaraz, G057009 (Cal. App. 2020):
"In reviewing a sufficiency of evidence claim, the reviewing court's role is a limited one." (People v. Smith (2005) 37 Cal.4th 733, 738.) We "evaluate the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment to determine whether it discloses
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