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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Commonwealth v. Santos, 122 N.E.3d 1098 (2019)

Citation
Commonwealth v. Santos, 122 N.E.3d 1098 (2019)
Parent Document
Commonwealth v. Santos, 122 N.E.3d 1098 (2019)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2019-01-02

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Discussion. 1. Sufficiency of the evidence. When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we must determine "whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt" (quotation omitted). Latimore, 378 Mass. at 677. "The inferences that support a conviction 'need only be reasonable and possible; [they] need not be necessary or inescapable.'" Commonwealth v. Waller, 90 Mass. App. Ct. 295, 303 (2016), quoting Commonwealth v. Woods, 466 Mass. 707, 713 (2014).