California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Padilla, D066128 (Cal. App. 2015):
A defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal must be granted "if the evidence . . . before the court is insufficient to sustain a conviction of such offense or offenses on appeal." ( 1118.1.) "An appellate court reviews the denial of a section 1118.1 motion under the standard employed in reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction." (People v. Houston (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1186, 1215.) In so doing, we focus only on the evidence admitted at the time the motion is made. (Ibid.)
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