California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rayshon Levelle Bishop, C067374 (Cal. App. 2014):
To determine whether the gang crime count can be retried, we apply the usual substantial evidence test. (People v. Hallock (1989) 208 Cal.App.3d 595, 607 [if reversal required for instructional error but substantial evidence supports verdict, double jeopardy principles do not prevent retrial].) In determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support a guilty verdict, "the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could
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have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." (Jackson v. Virginia (1979) 443 U.S. 307, 319 [61 L.Ed.2d 560, 574], italics omitted.)
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