What is the standard of review for a defendant on appeal against eight of his 11 sexual assault convictions?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Mora, H040454 (Cal. App. 2015):

Most of defendant's argument on appeal is devoted to his assertion that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict on eight of his 11 convictions: the three false imprisonment counts, corporal injury on a former cohabitant, attempted criminal threat, kidnapping, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, and rape. He acknowledges our standard of review. "The role of an appellate court in reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence is limited. The court must 'review the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment below to determine whether it discloses substantial evidencethat is, evidence which is reasonable, credible, and of solid valuesuch that a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.' [Citations.]" (People v. Ceja (1993) 4 Cal.4th 1134, 1138.) "We must presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact that the trier of fact could reasonably

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