Section 1.4 Determining Credibility

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A.(§1.4)Determining Credibility

The jury may choose to believe all of a witness’s testimony, believe none of it, or accept part and reject part. State v. Rose, 86 S.W.3d 90, 105 (Mo. App. W.D. 2002); see also State v. Brown, 996 S.W.2d 719, 728 (Mo. App. W.D. 1999) (determining issues of witness credibility is the jury’s function; “it is within the jury’s province to believe all, some or none of a witness’ testimony”). As an exception to this rule, Missouri courts have occasionally held that the trier of...