What is the test for establishing a murder count beyond a reasonable doubt?
The following excerpt is from United States v. Delgado, 972 F.3d 63 (2nd Cir. 2020):
unless the "evidence that the defendant committed the crime is nonexistent or so meager that no reasonable jury could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Ng Lap Seng , 934 F.3d 110, 130 (2d Cir. 2019). Thus, "[t]he ultimate question is not whether we believe the evidence adduced at trial established [the] defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether any rational trier of fact could so find ." United States v. Corbett , 750 F.3d 245, 250 (2d Cir. 2014) (emphasis in original).
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