Topic: so unworthy of belief as to be incredible as a matter of law · Go Syfert
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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Pena.

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1 People v. Pena Anchor
nyappdiv · 2006
green “so unworthy of belief as to be incredible as a matter of law” 4
2 People v. Pena
nyappdiv · 2006
green “nothing in the record suggests that the victim was 'so unworthy of belief as to be incredible as a matter of law' or otherwise tends to establish defendant's innocence of those crimes . . . , and thus it cannot be said that the jury failed to give the evidence the weight it shou…” 3
3 People v. Roman
nyappdiv · 2013
green “a different verdict would not have been unreasonable inasmuch as this case rests largely on the jury's credibility findings with respect to the testimony of the victim” 3
4 People v. Roman
nyappdiv · 2013
green “several aspects of the victim's testimony were corroborated by other witnesses,” 3
5 People v. Shinebarger
nyappdiv · 2013
green “so inconsistent or unbelievable as to render it incredible as a matter of law” 3
6 People v. Woolson
nyappdiv · 2014
green “delayed, conflicted, or unconvincing disclosure” 3

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