Court Opinion

ID: 9884414
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 02:55:50.806422+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:38.392741
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Mr. Justice Underwood, dissenting: In my judgment reversal of this conviction is not justified by the record before us. There is, to me, nothing inherently incredible in the complainant’s testimony that she observed defendant displaying his “personal part” as his car, traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour turned the corner in front of her. Some corroboration for this testimony is found in the fact that she jotted down the car’s license number and notified an officer who was driving by almost immediately thereafter. The circumstance that the other girl who was with the complainant was not looking at defendant’s car and therefore saw nothing to which she could testify is not, in my judgment, indicative that the complainant testified falsely. This case involves only a question as to the credibility of the witnesses. The judge who saw and heard them apparently believed complainant, and we should not substitute our opinion of their veracity for his in the absence of more persuasive circumstances than are present here. I would affirm. Mr. Justice Ward took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.