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· 5/18/1992

People v. Fasy

Citations

  • 829 P.2d 1314
  • 16 Brief Times Rptr. 801
  • 1992 Colo. LEXIS 445
  • 1992 WL 103611

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that expert testimony was admissible where the expert testified that child sexual assault victims can suffer posttraumatic stress disorder and that the child victim suffered posttraumatic stress disorder
  • permitting expert testimony to assist the jury in understanding a child sexual assault victim's post-assault behavior
  • rejecting the defendant’s argument that an expert witness’s testimony that the victim suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder “constituted an implied assertion that the victim was being truthful”
  • upholding the admission of expert testimony that (1) the child victim's behaviors after the sexual assault aligned with those of children suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, (2) the child victim suffered from that disorder, and (3
  • expert testimony admissible under CRE 702 for purpose of assisting jury in understanding child sexual assault victim's post-assault behavior
  • expert testimony concerning post-traumatic stress disorder is admissible to explain child victims’ behaviors

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Judges: Vollack

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