The following excerpt is from United States v. Annabi, No. 12-4988 (Lead), No. 12-4990 (Con) (2nd Cir. 2014):
Defendants challenge their convictions primarily on the basis that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's finding of guilt. We review a challenge to a jury verdict based on sufficiency of the evidence de novo, and affirm if "'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'" United States v. Jones, 393 F.3d 107, 111 (2d Cir. 2004) (quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979), other quotations omitted).
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