Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in applying the criteria of excluding all reasonable hypotheses of appellant's innocence, rather than the criteria of 'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt,' in evaluating the alleged evidence of defilement to infer murder, and the evidence in total to find each element, and guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in accordance with Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979)

QUESTION PRESENTED . As a result of state court proceedings, the Commonwealth of Virginia ; obtained a conviction before a jury for second-degree murder against Justin ; Cornell on circumstantial evidence alone. On appeal, the Supreme Court of : ; Virginia held as reasonable that the jury concluded the evidence excluded all reasonable hypotheses of Cornell's innocence using evidence alleging defilement. oe | The question presented is whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in applying the criteria of excluding all reasonable hypotheses of appellant's ; innocence, rather than the criteria of "any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt," in evaluating the alleged evidence of defilement to infer murder, and the : evidence in total to find each element, and guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in accordance with Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979). (ii) PARTIES ‘TO THE PROCEEDINGS All