An appellate court will not overturn a trial judge's credit-based findings of fact unless the appellant demonstrates those findings were contrary to incontrovertible facts, glaringly improbable, or contrary to compelling inferences. General criticisms of a witness's credibility that do not engage with the primary judge's stated reasons for preferring one witness over another are insufficient. A credit point not raised before the primary judge cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.
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