What is the test for a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Davis, A123160, No. VCR178077, No. VCR197472) (Cal. App. 2010):

"When considering a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction, we review the whole record in the light most favorable to the verdict, drawing all inferences that reasonably support it, and determine whether it contains substantial evidence that is, evidence which is reasonable, credible, and of solid value from which a trier of fact could rationally find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citations.]" (People v. Little (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 766, 771, citing People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 578.)

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