California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Galarze, B215309, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA326251 (Cal. App. 2011):
In addressing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we review the entire record in the light most favorable to the judgment to determine whether a reasonable jury could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Zamudio, supra, 43 Cal.4th at p. 357.) We do not reweigh the evidence or resolve evidentiary conflicts. "A reversal for insufficient evidence 'is unwarranted unless it appears "that upon no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support" ' the jury's verdict. [Citation.]" (Ibid.)
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