Supreme Court of Colorado· 2/21/1989

People v. Gaffney

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769 P.2d 1081
13 Brief Times Rptr. 210
1989 Colo. LEXIS 27
1989 WL 12849

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holding that expert testimony was inadmissible where the expert testified that the child's description of the events was \very believable\
collecting cases demonstrating where expert testimony about general characteristics of child victims was permitted
in rejecting expert testimony on credibility the court writes “[i]t was error for the state’s witnesses to directly testify to the truthfulness of the victim”
doctor’s testimony that child victim’s history, which included a statement that defendant had sexually assaulted him, was “very believable” was harmless because statement to doctor was corroborated by other evidence, including results of the physical exam
erroneous admission of truthfulne ss testimony was harmless, in part because the testimony was corroborated by physical findings and other testimony
doctor's testimony that medical history given by child victim was \very believable\ went to whether child victim was truthful on a particular occasion, not her general character for truthfulness

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Judges: Quinn

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