California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Soun, A125138, No. 201803-02 (Cal. App. 2011):
The court is required to grant a dismissal motion under section 1118.1 if the prosecution fails to offer evidence in its case-in-chief sufficient to establish all the elements of the charged offense. (People v. Coddington (2000) 23 Cal.4th 529, 597, overruled on other grounds by Price v. Superior Court (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1046, 1069,
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