What is the test for reweighing the evidence and determining witness credibility?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Espinosa, 2d Crim. No. B269937 (Cal. App. 2016):

On review, we are precluded from reweighing the evidence or determining witness credibility. "'Conflicts and even testimony which is subject to justifiable suspicion do not justify the reversal of a judgment . . .' [Citation.] Unless it describes facts or events that are physically impossible or inherently improbable, the testimony of a single witness is sufficient to support a conviction. [Citation.]" (People v. Elliot (2012) 53 Cal.4th 535, 585.)

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