California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, B267103 (Cal. App. 2016):
When considering a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, "'"we review the entire record in the light most favorable to the judgment to determine whether it contains substantial evidencethat is, evidence that is reasonable, credible, and of solid valuefrom which a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." [Citation.] We determine "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." [Citation.] In so doing, a reviewing court "presumes in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence." [Citation.]'" (People v. Williams (2015) 61 Cal.4th 1244, 1281.) Unless physically impossible or inherently
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