The following excerpt is from United States v. Pinzon-Gallardo, 13-4615-cr (2nd Cir. 2014):
In an appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, we review the evidence in "the light most favorable to the government and credit every inference that the jury might have drawn in the government's favor." United States v. Salameh, 152 F.3d 88, 151 (2d Cir. 1998) (per curiam); see also United States v. Guadagna, 183 F.3d 122, 129 (2d Cir. 1999). "A verdict of guilty may be based entirely on circumstantial evidence as long as the inferences of culpability drawn from the circumstances are reasonable." United States v. McPherson, 424 F.3d 183, 190 (2d Cir. 2005). "The ultimate question is not whether we believe the evidence adduced at trial established defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether any rational trier of fact could so find." United States v. Payton, 159 F.3d 49, 56 (2d Cir. 1998) (emphasis in original); see also Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979).
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