California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. DeRouen, 38 Cal.App.4th 86, 44 Cal.Rptr.2d 842 (Cal. App. 1995):
We provide the requisite synopsis of the evidence under the established rules governing the scope of our review when a challenge is made to the sufficiency of the evidence. "When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged on appeal, the court must review the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment to determine whether it contains substantial evidence--i.e., evidence that is credible and of solid value--from which a rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citations.]" (People v. Hernandez (1992) 9 Cal.App.4th 438, 441, 11 Cal.Rptr.2d 739.)
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