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State v. Taylor

Citations

  • 663 S.W.2d 235
  • 1984 Mo. LEXIS 285

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  • holding that expert's testimony was not sufficiently based on technique to overcome inherent danger of prejudice created by his status as an expert
  • holding that expert's testimony was not sufficiently based on technique to overcome inherent danger of prejudice created by his status as an expert
  • ruling that an expert’s opinion that the victim suffered from rape trauma syndrome “vouched too much for the victim’s credibility” as it related to her claim that she did not consent
  • stating that expert testimony regarding a witness’s reliability in distinguishing truth from fantasy invades the province of the jury to make credibility determinations
  • holding inadmissible testimony from a psychiatrist that the victim was not fantasizing when she described the rape
  • Although expert may testify that victim exhibits characteristics consistent with those resulting from rape, he may not testify that victim was raped by defendant

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Judges: Gunn

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