What is the test for sustaining a burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Perez, B279776 (Cal. App. 2018):

sustained its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In making this determination, the reviewing court must consider the evidence in a light most favorable to the judgment and presume the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence in support of the judgment. The test is whether substantial evidence supports the decision, not whether the evidence proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." (People v. Mincey (1992) 2 Cal.4th 408, 432, fn. omitted.) So long as there is substantial evidence, the appellate court must affirm even if other substantial evidence would have supported a different result. (Bowers v. Bernards (1984) 150 Cal.App.3d 870, 874.)

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