What is the standard for reviewing evidence in a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence under the Fourteenth Amendment?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Gutierrez, F078464 (Cal. App. 2020):

"In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and/or the due process clause of article I, section 15 of the California Constitution, we review the entire record in the light most favorable to the judgment to determine whether it discloses substantial evidencethat is, evidence that is reasonable, credible, and of solid valuefrom which a reasonable trier of fact could have found the [enhancement true] beyond a reasonable doubt." (People v. Cole (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1158, 1212; accord People v. Albillar (2010) 51 Cal.4th 47, 59-60 (Albillar) [the same standard applies when a

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