What is the test for establishing that a single witness is sufficient to convict a defendant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Selena, D065100 (Cal. App. 2015):
province of the trier of fact. [Citation.] Moreover, unless the testimony is physically impossible or inherently improbable, testimony of a single witness is sufficient to support a conviction." (People v. Young (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1149, 1181.)
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