157 So. 3d 695 - State v. Kato’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Clearly, the jury was made aware of the witness's lies but still found him credible regarding the offense. As the jurisprudence makes clear, a jury's credibility assessment is not to be second-guessed on appeal. This court has only a cold record to analyze, while the jury was able to view the witness's demeanor and hear the inflections in his voice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Trahan · State v. Sant

2. “[C]redibility assessments are within the province of the fact-finder, in this case the jury. A jury may "accept or reject, in whole or in part," any witness's testimony. State v. Silman , 95-0154, p. 12 (La. 11/27/95), 663 So.2d 27 , 28. Clearly, the jury believed the [witness's] version of events, and [defendant's] brief offers no concrete reason why the jury's conclusion should be considered unreasonable. This court will overturn a jury's credibility assessment only when a witness's own testimony demonstrates that the witness's ability to perceive events was impaired in some way.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. McBride

3. “the principle of caution regarding accomplice testimony applies to [a defendant's] sufficiency of the evidence argument.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. McBride