California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Brizendine, F057161, No. 1215111 (Cal. App. 2010):
In applying the substantial evidence standard of review, the appellate court adopts all reasonable inferences and presumes in support of the judgment the existence of every fact that a jury reasonably could have deduced from the evidence. Generally, the testimony of a single witness is sufficient to prove a disputed fact. (People v. Young (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1149, 1181.) The trier of fact makes credibility determinations and resolves factual disputes. An appellate court will not substitute its evaluation of a witness's credibility for that of the fact-finder. The appellate court will not reverse a jury's verdict, solely because it would have reached a different result if it had been the fact-finder. (Vazquez, supra, 178 Cal.App.4th at p. 352.)
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