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· 4/15/1886

Perryman v. Bethune

Citations

  • 89 Mo. 158

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that expert testimony about battered woman’s syndrome, where expert had never spoken with victim, daughter, or defendant, was admissible to explain effects of family violence and why victims minimize conduct or recant
  • ruling that expert testimony about battered woman's syndrome, where expert had never spoken with victim, daughter, or defendant, was admissible to explain effects of family violence and why victims minimize conduct or recant
  • testimony on battered woman syndrome was admissible to provide a reasonable explanation for the victim’s changed testimony
  • testimony on battered woman syndrome was admissible to provide a reasonable explanation for the victim's changed testimony

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Judges: Black

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