Marable v. Commonwealth

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• holding that \the fact finder is entitled to disbelieve the self-serving testimony of the accused and to conclude that the accused is lying to conceal his guilt\
• recognizing that a fact finder may accept or reject a witness’ testimony in whole or in part
• holding that the court, in judging witness credibility, may “disbelieve the - 10 - self-serving testimony of the accused”
• stating that “fact finder is entitled to disbelieve the self-serving testimony of the accused and to conclude that the accused is lying to conceal his guilt”
• observing that the fact finder is “entitled to disbelieve” appellant’s “self-serving testimony” and to “conclude that [he] was lying to conceal his guilt”
• noting that the credibility of the witnesses is a matter “solely for the fact finder’s determination”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).