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The standard of review for addressing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction is the same on habeas review as it is on direct appeal. See Mikes v. Borg, 947 F.2d 353, 356 n.5 (9th Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 120 L. Ed. 2d 921, 112 S. Ct. 3055 (1992); see also Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 61 L. Ed. 2d 560, 99 S. Ct. 2781 (1979) (setting forth standard in a habeas proceeding). The court must determine whether, considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the defendant ...