What is the test for sufficiency of evidence in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Lopez, 18-3415 (2nd Cir. 2020):
A conviction will be upheld against a sufficiency of the evidence challenge if "any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Persico, 645 F.3d 85, 105 (2d Cir. 2011) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government, United States v. Temple, 447 F.3d 130,
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