Mullen v. Mullins

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the jury should not hear a sex offense charge until a qualified physician testifies as to his examination of the female victim’s mental state and social history
• “The complaining witness should not, and realistically cannot be forced to submit to a psychiatric examination or to cooperate with a psychiatrist.”
• courts have no power absent a statute to compel complainant to submit to psychiatric examination
• judge should exercise discretion in sex case only if defendant presents a compelling reason
• uncorroborated testimony of prosecutrix sufficient to sustain conviction
• uncorroborated testimony of prosecutrix sufficient to sustain conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).