What is the test for sufficiency of evidence at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mancera, B233107 (Cal. App. 2012):
An appellate court reviewing a challenge based on sufficiency of the evidence at trial must review the entire record in the light most favorable to the People and determine whether any rational fact finder could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Davis (1995) 10 Cal.4th 463, 509.) Put another
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