Is the testimony of a single witness sufficient to convict a defendant in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ortiz-Bravo, A155917 (Cal. App. 2020):
7. Generally, "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.) Here, defendant does not contend it was physically impossible or inherently improbable that the victim began orally copulating defendant when she was seven years old, and there is nothing in the record that suggests such impossibility or improbability.
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