California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Castellano, E048609, No. RIF135323 (Cal. App. 2011):
We agree that the victims' testimonies were not entirely consistent. For example, Victim-2 testified in court that defendant began molesting her when she was seven years old, but in the videotaped interview, Victim-2 stated that defendant began molesting her when she was three years old. It was the jury's duty to resolve the inconsistencies in the victims' testimonies. When reviewing a record for substantial evidence, it is our duty to resolve all inconsistencies in favor of the trier of fact's findings. (People v. Cortes (1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 62, 73-74.) Consequently, we are not persuaded that defendant's convictions must be reversed due to the victims' testimonies being inconsistent.
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