What is the test for a defendant to challenge their conviction for sexual assault?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Welch, 12-4402-cr(L), 12-5004-cr(Con) (2nd Cir. 2016):

Welch challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. When a defendant challenges his conviction based on insufficiency of evidence, we must 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 a crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Temple, 447 F.3d 130, 136 (2d Cir. 2006) (quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979)).

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