California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. D.S. (In re D.S.), A149222 (Cal. App. 2017):
" ' "To warrant the rejection of the statements given by a witness who has been believed by a trial court, there must exist either a physical impossibility that they are true, or their falsity must be apparent without resorting to inferences or deductions." ' " (People v. Ennis (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 721, 728.) "The inherently improbable standard addresses the basic content of the testimony itselfi.e., could that have happened?rather than the apparent credibility of the person testifying. . . . The only question is: Does it seem possible that what the witness claimed to have happened actually
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