People v. Schott

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that complaining witness so lacked credibility that a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt remains
• holding that sole eyewitness’s testimony was “so fraught with inconsistencies and contradictions” that reasonable doubt of guilt remained, without discussing Slim factors
• holding that there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction of defendant for aggravated indecent liberties with his stepdaughter, where the victim’s testimony was fraught with inconsistences and contradictions
• holding that there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction of defendant for aggravated indecent liberties with his stepdaughter, where the victim’s testimony was fraught with inconsistences and contradictions
• “[T]he jury is charged with the responsibility of weighing the credibility of witnesses and resolving any conflicts and inconsistencies in their testimony”
• “[A] victim’s testimony no longer needs to be clear and convincing or substantially corroborated for a defendant to be found guilty of a sex offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).