What is the test for crediting a witness's testimony?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Robinson, 17-1612 (2nd Cir. 2018):
855 (2d Cir. 2011) (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted). Accordingly, we do not second-guess a jury's apparent decision to credit a witness's testimony except in extreme cases where the testimony was "incredible as a matter of law," meaning it was "incredible on its face" or it "def[ied] physical realities." United States v. Truman, 688 F.3d 129, 139 (2d Cir. 2012) (internal quotation marks omitted). This is not an extreme case.
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