J.D.B.

MEMORANDUM **

Following a bench trial, appellant J.D.B. was adjudged a juvenile delinquent for committing a crime that would have constituted burglary if he were an adult, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned until his eighteenth birthday pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 5037 (b)(1). On appeal, he urges the reversal of his conviction on the sole ground that it was not supported by sufficient evidence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

The standard of review on a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is well-established: taking “the evidence in the *593 light most favorable to the prosecution,” the conviction must be upheld as long as “any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond . a reasonable doubt.” Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). When the district court sits as the trier of fact, its credibility determinations are reviewed for clear error, and “an appellate court must be especially reluctant to set aside a finding based on the trial judge’s evaluation of conflicting ... oral testimony.” Beech Aircraft Corp. v. United States, 51 F.3d 834, 838 (9th Cir.1995) (per…