What is the test for a finding of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Ramirez, No. 1282053, No. B215205 (Cal. App. 2010):

find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.' [Citation.]... [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. Avila (2009) 46 Cal.4th 680, 701.)

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