What is the test for upholding a conviction of a defendant in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Hamilton, 993 F.2d 885 (9th Cir. 1993):
We must uphold a conviction if, viewing the evidence and all reasonable inferences drawn from it in the light most favorable to the government, any rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979).
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