California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Barnes, H037971 (Cal. App. 2014):
"When a trial court rules upon a motion for a new trial made upon the ground of insufficiency of the evidence, the judge is required to weigh the evidence and judge the credibility of witnesses. . . . Nonetheless, a new trial cannot be granted '. . . unless after weighing the evidence, the court is convinced from the entire record, including reasonable inferences therefrom, that the court or jury clearly should have reached a different verdict or decision.' " (Locksley v. Ungureanu (1986) 178 Cal.App.3d 457,
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