What is the test for insufficient evidence under section 924(c) of the Criminal Code?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Beckley, 9 F.3d 1554 (9th Cir. 1993):
Beckley argues that insufficient evidence supported his 924(c) conviction because the government failed to prove that the gun and cocaine seized from his vehicle on June 3, 1989 were related to one another. The test for insufficiency is "whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979).
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