People v. Snook

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that expert testimony was inadmissible where the expert testified that children tend not to fabricate erotic experiences
• holding that “the jury’s only conceivable use of’ testimony that children tend not to fabricate stories of sexual abuse and that they often reproduce their experience when reporting it “would be as support for the complainant’s truthful character”
• holding that, even though “the expert had no personal knowledge of the victim’s credibility and couched her testimony in general terms,” her testimony was still improper because it referred to the victim’s character for truthfulness
• stating that error in admitting expert’s testimony vouching for victim’s credibility was not harmless because victim’s credibility “was the focal issue in the case”
• stating that error in admitting expert’s testimony vouching for victim’s credibility was not harmless because victim’s credibility “was the focal issue in the case”
• analyzing the admissibility of the challenged expert testimony under CRE 608(a), not CRE 702, and disagreeing with the People that (1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• in Interest of J.R
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2021-06-10· cited 1,018×
• Venalonzo v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2017-02-06· cited 792×
• People v. Eppens
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1999-04-26· cited 556×
• People v. Penn
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2016-05-16· cited 521×
• v. Daley
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2021-06-25· cited 396×
• Pernell v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2018-02-20· cited 364×
• People v. Gaffney
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-02-21· cited 332×
• People v. Wittrein
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2009-12-14· cited 288×
• v. Bobian
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2019-12-19· cited 216×
• Hoffman v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-09-18· cited 206×
• People v. Carlson
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2003-02-13· cited 198×
• In re S.M-L
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-11-17· cited 175×
• People v. Cook
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-10-16· cited 111×
• People v. Heredia-Cobos
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2017-10-19· cited 89×
• People v. Whitman
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-12-27· cited 62×
• People v. Fasy
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-05-18· cited 55×
• People v. Relaford
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-06-30· cited 45×
• People v. Morrison
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1999-10-04· cited 28×
• People v. Rudnick
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-12-30· cited 26×
• Hancock v. State, Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1988-07-18· cited 25×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tevlin v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-03-10· cited 972×
• Wilson v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-09-14· cited 590×
• People v. Koon
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1986-05-08· cited 74×
• People v. Carlson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-01-27· cited 61×
• People v. Koon
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1985-11-14· cited 43×
• People v. Ortega
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1983-08-18· cited 23×
• People v. Ashley
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1984-02-16· cited 22×
• Honey v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-02-10· cited 17×
• People v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-11-18· cited 11×
• People v. Snook
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1986-12-22· cited 3×