Can a jury rely solely on defendant's failure to testify rather than the testimony of other witnesses?

Defendant argues that we should give no weight to the testimony of other witnesses because they provided only circumstantial evidence, and as jurors are generally skeptical of circumstantial evidence (see People v. Santana (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 1194, 1208), it was probably not considered. He also suggests that the jury relied on defendant's failure to testify rather than V.'s testimony, because she was not credible, as demonstrated by internal conflicts in her testimony, gaps in her memory, rebellious

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