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- Title: People V. Bowker
- Author : Fourth Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 29, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
A jury convicted Leroy Anthony Bowker of seven counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen years of age (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)) and two counts of oral copulation with a child under fourteen years of age (Pen. Code, § 288a, subd. (c)). We decide the court erred in allowing a psychologist to testify on the "child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome." As we shall explain, Supreme Court precedent requires that expert testimony related to the syndrome be narrowly confined, subject to a proper foundational showing that such evidence is necessary to rebut popular misconceptions which would challenge the victim's credibility. After the testimony has been received, the jury must be
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