What is the test for insufficiency of evidence in a trial where the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, D065613 (Cal. App. 2014):
of the trial judge or jury to determine the credibility of a witness and the truth or falsity of the facts upon which a determination depends." (People v. Maury (2003) 30 Cal.4th 342, 403.) We may not set aside a judgment for insufficiency of the evidence unless it clearly appears that there was no hypothesis upon which there was substantial evidence to support the verdict. (People v. Conners (2008) 168 Cal.App.4th 443, 453.)
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