What is the test for determining the sufficiency of evidence at trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Ward, 914 F.2d 1340 (9th Cir. 1990):
In reviewing the evidence adduced at trial to assess its sufficiency to support a conviction, this court "must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Arriaga-Segura, 743 F.2d 1434, 1435 (9th Cir.1984). The court must draw all reasonable inferences from the evidence. Id.
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