What is the standard for setting aside a judgment in a sexual assault case where the prosecution relied primarily on circumstantial evidence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Shaw, D066595 (Cal. App. 2016):

support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence." ' [Citation.] The same standard also applies in cases in which the prosecution relies primarily on circumstantial evidence. [Citation.]" (People v. Young (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1149, 1175.) "Before a trial court's judgment may be set aside for insufficiency of evidence to support the verdict, it must clearly appear that on no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient evidence to support it." (People v. Russell (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 981, 992.)

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