What is the test for determining the credibility of a witness?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Martinez v. Encore Senior Living, LLC, E070465 (Cal. App. 2020):

evidence. It is the province of the trial court to determine the credibility of the declarants and to weigh the evidence." (Falahati v. Kondo, supra, 127 Cal.App.4th at p. 828.)

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