What is the test for establishing that evidence is sufficient to convict a defendant of a lesser crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ambriz, B254690 (Cal. App. 2015):
evidence, no matter how weak, but evidence from which a reasonable jury could find that the defendant was guilty only of the lesser offense. (People v. Moye (2009) 47 Cal.4th 537, 553.)
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