What is the test for reversing a finding that a witness has credibility issues?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Silva, E064416 (Cal. App. 2017):

witness's testimony." (CALCRIM No. 226, italics added.) We may not reverse simply because the jury resolved conflicts in the evidence or credibility issues in favor of the People. (People v. Ennis (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 721, 732 [appellate court may not reverse because it "disbelieve[s] the witnesses' claims about what happened, on the ground that the surrounding circumstances, or other evidence adduced in the case, makes those claims seem unworthy of belief."].)

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