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Opinions in Minnesota that cite State v. Bliss, 457 N.W.2d 385.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
(“It is well-established that a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible 13 witness.”).
- State of Minnesota v. Roger Lee Voss, III Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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State of Minnesota v. Roger Lee Voss, III
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
failed to substantiate his testimony by providing a photo of the bruise or seeking medical care, these arguments go to the credibility of M.L.’s testimony and “the credibility of a witness [is] for the jury to determine.” (cautioning that an appellant’s “attempt to retry his case by asking us to reevaluate [a witness]’s credibility is contrary to [the court’s] role” on appellate review).
- State of Minnesota v. Scott Mathew Schillak Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- State of Minnesota v. Scott Mathew Schillak Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- State of Minnesota v. Jeremy Thomas Herrera Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota v. Jeremy Thomas Herrera
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
d 385, 391 (Minn. 1990).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Appellate courts do not retry the facts, and “resolution of conflicting testimony is the exclusive function of the jury.” (quotation omitted).
- In the Matter of the Welfare of: R. A. C., Child. Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
(“[I]t is necessary to assume that the jury believed the state’s witnesses and disbelieved any contrary evidence.” (quotation omitted)).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
The officer also testified that Tavarez was “extremely verbally combative and noncompliant throughout the whole process.” The assessment of witness credibility is a jury function, and “a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible witness.”
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
And “a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible witness.” State v. Bliss
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
The supreme court concluded that “the [district] court was free to credit the testimony that was adverse to [the defendant’s] position.” Id.; (“it is necessary to assume that the jury believed the state’s witnesses and disbelieved any contrary evidence” (quotation omitted)).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2023
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
(“It is the job of a jury to determine the credibility of the witnesses.”); (“It is well established that a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible witness.”).
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Marcel Moses, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
(stating a conviction can be based solely on testimony from one credible witness).
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State of Minnesota,
Minn. 2022
aining that our standard of review requires us to “assume the fact -finder disbelieved any testimony conflicting with [its] verdict”); State v. Ostrem , (explaini ng that we view “the evidence in the light most favorable to the state,” when concluding sufficient evidence supported a conviction, despite the presence of conflicting evidence); State v. Bliss , (“Defendant’s attempt to retry his case by asking us to reevaluate [a witness]’s credibility is contrary to our role.”).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2021
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
“It is well e stablished that a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible witness.” State v. Bliss , (recognizing that a drug-sale conviction could be affirmed based solely on a lay witness’s uncorroborated testimony that th e defendant sold him marijuana) , review denied (Minn. Sept.
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2020
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2020
(“The weight and credibility of individual witnesses is for the jury to determine .
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2020
But, “[t]he weight and credibility of individual witnesses is for the jury to determine, and on review it is necessary to assume that the jury believed the state ’s witnesses and disbelieved any contrary evidence.” State v. Bliss , (citation and quotation omitted).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2019
“The weight and credibility of individual witnesses is for the [fact-finder] to determine.”
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2019
“The wei ght and credibility of 6 individual witnesses is for the jury to determine.” State v. Bliss
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2019
- State of Minnesota v. Marlon James Sands Minn. Ct. App. 2017
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State of Minnesota v. Marlon James Sands
Minn. Ct. App. 2017
(stating that appellate courts do not “retry the facts” because resolving conflicting testimony is the jury’s function).
- State of Minnesota v. Andrew Allen Heidemann Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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State of Minnesota v. Andrew Allen Heidemann
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
“On review, it is necessary to assume that the jury believed the state’s witnesses and disbelieved any contrary evidence.” (citation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Paula Mirare Overby Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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State of Minnesota v. Paula Mirare Overby
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
Furthermore, “[i]t is well-established that a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible witness.”
- James William Graham v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- James William Graham v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- State of Minnesota v. Steven Tyrone Davis Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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State of Minnesota v. Steven Tyrone Davis
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
(stating that “[appellant]’s attempt to retry his case by asking us to reevaluate [witness] credibility is contrary to our role”); (“Appellate courts defer to district court credibility determinations.”).
- State of Minnesota v. Asa James Kingsbury Minn. Ct. App. 2015
- State of Minnesota v. Asa James Kingsbury Minn. Ct. App. 2015
- State of Minnesota v. Nathan Edward Palmer Minn. Ct. App. 2015
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State of Minnesota v. Nathan Edward Palmer
Minn. Ct. App. 2015
We defer to the fact-finder’s determinations of witness credibility and we acknowledge that any “attempt to retry [the] case by asking us to reevaluate [witness] credibility is contrary to our role.”
- State of Minnesota v. Cory Allen Wuollet Minn. Ct. App. 2015
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State of Minnesota v. Cory Allen Wuollet
Minn. Ct. App. 2015
t the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction because “[t]he state’s case relies entirely on [S.L.’s] credibility since she is the only person claiming to have seen [him].” But “[i]t is well established that a conviction can rest upon the testimony of a single credible witness,” and “[t]he weight and credibility of individual witnesses is for the jury to determine.”
- Carlos Heard v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2015
- Carlos Heard v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2015
- State of Minnesota v. Jyron Mendale Young Minn. Ct. App. 2015
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State of Minnesota v. Jyron Mendale Young
Minn. Ct. App. 2015
d 385, 390 (Minn. 1990).
- State of Minnesota v. Sherwin Jerome Thurman Minn. Ct. App. 2015
- State of Minnesota v. Sherwin Jerome Thurman Minn. Ct. App. 2015
- State of Minnesota v. Alton Dominique Finch Minn. Ct. App. 2014
- State of Minnesota v. Jeremy Paul Haas Minn. Ct. App. 2014