Legal Opinion

People v. Amadio

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 11, 1914No. Crim. No. 540PublishedCited by 15 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order refusing a new trial. L. S. Church, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion' of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

THE' COURT.

We are satisfied that none of the points made in support of the appeal is sufficient to warrant a reversal. The contention that the testimony is inherently improbable is based entirely upon claimed contradictions and inconsistencies in the testimony of the prosecutrix. Contradictions and inconsistencies in the testimony of a witness alone will not constitute inherent improbability. The best that can be said in favor of the argument in support of the appeal is that there is a pronounced conflict in the testimony offered upon behalf of the prosecution, but it is only a conflict ; and…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. BeckerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  2. People v. HolmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
  3. People v. CannonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
  4. Winning v. Board of Dental ExaminersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
  5. People v. JacksonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944

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