What is the test for determining whether substantial evidence exists?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Flennory, B227726 (Cal. App. 2011):
as to the sufficiency of the evidence should be resolved in the accused's favor." (People v. Barnett (1998) 17 Cal.4th 1044, 1145, fn. omitted.) The question of whether substantial evidence exists is one of law. (Ibid.)
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