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DISCUSSION

1. Sufficiency of the evidence. a. Standard of review. When determining whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain a criminal conviction, “we review the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment below to determine whether it discloses substantial evidence––that is, evidence that is reasonable, credible and of solid value––from which a reasonable trier of fact could find

All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

3 the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citations.]” (People v. Snow (2003) 30 Cal.4th 43, 66; People v. Carrington (2009) 47 Cal.4th 145, 186-187.) We presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier of fact could reasonably deduce from the evidence. (People v. Medina (2009) 46 Cal.4th 913, 919.) Reversal is not warranted unless it appears “ „that upon no hypothesis whatever is there sufficient substantial evidence to support [the conviction].‟ [Citation.]” (People v. Bolin (1998) 18 Cal.4th 297, 331; People v. Zamudio (2008) 43 Cal.4th 327, 357.) The same standard applies when the conviction is based primarily upon circumstantial evidence. (Zamudio, at p. 357; People v.…