California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Torkelson, D055104, No. SCD193624 (Cal. App. 2011):
In making the determination, we do not reweigh the evidence. The credibility of witnesses and the weight to be accorded to the evidence are matters exclusively within the province of the trier of fact. (Evid. Code, 312.) We simply consider whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of [the charged offenses] beyond a reasonable doubt." ' [Citations.]" (People v. Rich (1988) 45 Cal.3d 1036, 1081.) Unless it is clearly shown that "on no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support the verdict" the conviction will not be reversed. (People v. Hicks (1982) 128 Cal.App.3d 423, 429.)
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