[DOWNLOAD] "People v. Snook" by Colorado Court of Appeals No. 84CA1168 " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Snook
- Author : Colorado Court of Appeals No. 84CA1168
- Release Date : January 21, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 47 KB
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Defendant, Roland Snook, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of sexual assault on a child. He alleges error in the admission of expert testimony concerning the truthfulness of children who claim to be sexual abuse victims. We reverse. The 11-year-old complaining witness here testified that defendant touched her breasts and pubic area several time while she was supposedly asleep in a bed with the defendant's daughter with who she was visiting at the defendant's home. Following this testimony, the prosecution, as part of its case-in-chief, offered the testimony of a social worker employed by the Colorado Springs Police Department. Although the defendant did not question the social worker's qualifications as an expert in the area of child abuse syndrome symptomology, defendant objected to the admission of the testimony as improper under CRE 404 and 608(a).