What is the test for a firearm enhancement in a second degree murder case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Leon v. Cate, CASE NO. 09cv2219-LAB (WMc) (S.D. Cal. 2013):
Leon cites Jackson v. Virginia, 433 U.S. 307, 319 (1980), and argues that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to support his conviction for second degree murder, as well as the firearm enhancement. This is a "highly deferential standard," and a court applying it will defer to a jury's verdict if, "after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential
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