What is the sufficiency of evidence de novo in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Jiau, Docket No. 11-4167(Lead), Docket No. 12-2222(Con) (2nd Cir. 2013):
We review the sufficiency of the evidence de novo and ask "whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Espaillet, 380 F.3d 713, 718 (2d Cir. 2004) (quotation marks omitted). "[A] judgment of acquittal" is warranted "only if the evidence that the defendant committed the crime alleged is
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