What are the factors used by a court to determine the credibility of a witness in a sexual assault case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Florez, F064311 (Cal. App. 2013):

Particularly pertinent to this case is the third of these five factors. "'[T]he trial court may consider the credibility as well as the materiality of the evidence in its determination [of] whether introduction of the evidence in a new trial would render a different result reasonably probable.' (People v. Beyea (1974) 38 Cal.App.3d 176, 202

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