What is the test for reversal of a finding that a criminal offence has been committed?
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The following excerpt is from Serby v. First Alert, Inc., 18-2780 (2nd Cir. 2019):
been committed." Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, N.C., 470 U.S. 564, 573 (1985) (internal quotation marks omitted). But reversal is not permitted where "the district court's account of the evidence is plausible in light of the record viewed in its entirety," even if the reviewing court would have decided the case differently Id. at 573-74.
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