What is the test for a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence in a sexual assault case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Albarran, E051097 (Cal. App. 2011):

"In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence, the reviewing court must determine from the entire record whether a reasonable trier of fact could have found that the prosecution sustained its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In making this determination, the reviewing court must consider the evidence in a light most favorable to the judgment and presume the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence in support of the judgment. The test is whether substantial evidence supports the decision, not whether the evidence proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citations.]" (People v. Mincey (1992) 2 Cal.4th 408, 432; People v. Crittenden (1994) 9 Cal.4th 83, 139.)

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