How to assess the credibility of a witness?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Hoffman v. 10520 Wilshire Owner Ass'n, (Cal. App. 2013):

must reach conclusions as to impartiality and credibility by relying on their own evaluations of demeanor evidence and of responses to questions.'"'" (People v. Whalen (2013) 56 Cal.4th 1, 30.)

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