What is the standard of review in a sexual assault case where the prosecution relies primarily on circumstantial evidence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 160 Cal.Rptr.3d 779 (Cal. App. 2013):

The same standard of review applies in cases, such as this one, where the prosecution relies primarily on circumstantial evidence. ( People v. Zamudio (2008) 43 Cal.4th 327, 357, 75 Cal.Rptr.3d 289, 181 P.3d 105.) Circumstantial evidence is like a chain which link by link binds the defendant to a tenable finding of guilt. The strength of the links is for the trier of fact, but if there has been a conviction notwithstanding a missing link it is the duty of

[218 Cal.App.4th 1054]

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