What is the standard for reversal of a finding of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vasquez, F070033 (Cal. App. 2017):
defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.' " (People v. Edwards (2013) 57 Cal.4th 658, 715.) The same standard applies to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a special circumstance finding. (Ibid.) "A reversal for insufficient evidence 'is unwarranted unless it appears "that upon no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support" ' the jury's verdict." (People v. Zamudio (2008) 43 Cal.4th 327, 357.)
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