Does the testimony of a single witness have to be sufficient to sustain a conviction?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. C.J. (In re C.J.), F069628 (Cal. App. 2015):

Although we review the whole record, "[t]he uncorroborated testimony of a single witness is sufficient to sustain a conviction, unless the testimony is physically impossible or inherently improbable." (People v. Scott (1978) 21 Cal.3d 284, 296; People v. Panah (2005) 35 Cal.4th 395, 489.) Furthermore, "'"'[c]ircumstantial evidence may be sufficient to connect a defendant with the crime and to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.'" [Citations.]' [Citations.]" (People v. Bradford (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1229, 1329.) If the circumstances, plus all the logical inferences the jury might have drawn from them, reasonably justify the jury's findings, our opinion that the circumstances might also reasonably be reconciled with a contrary finding does not warrant a reversal of the judgment. (Ibid.; People v. Panah, supra, 35 Cal.4th at p. 488.)

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