California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jerro, G057097 (Cal. App. 2020):
[trier] could reasonably have deduced from the evidence. [Citations.] Issues of witness credibility are for the [trier of fact]. [Citations.]' [Citation.]" (People v. Vela (2012) 205 Cal.App.4th 942, 952 (Vela).)
Vehicle Code section 20001, subdivision (a), provides, "The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person, other than himself or herself, or in the death of a person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and shall fulfill the requirements of [Vehicle Code] [s]ections 20003 and 20004." Vehicle Code section 20001, subdivision (a), requires "proof the accused knew or was aware that (1) he or she was involved in an accident and (2) the accident resulted in injury to another." (People v. Harbert (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 42, 45.) Constructive knowledge is sufficient. "'[C]riminal liability attaches to a driver who knowingly leaves the scene of an accident if he actually knew of the injury or if he knew that the accident was of such a nature that one would reasonably anticipate that it resulted in injury to a person.' [Citation.]" (Id. at p. 52.)
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