What is the test for establishing that the testimony of a single witness is sufficient to support a Page 25 motion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Medina v. State Pers. Bd., C065594, C065595 (Cal. App. 2011):
Testimony may be inherently so improbable as to be unworthy of belief when it defies common sense or is physically impossible. (See People v. Fontana (2010) 49 Cal.4th 351, 369; see also People v. Cudjo (1993) 6 Cal.4th 585, 608-609 ["the direct testimony of a single witness is sufficient to support a
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