10th Circuit Finds No Error In Allowing Sexual Assault Testimony In Criminal Case

(October 26, 2016, 11:46 AM EDT) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 24 affirmed that a district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting a certified sexual assault nurse examiner’s testimony that a victim’s scratching of herself was consistent with sexual assault and domestic abuse victims coping with the trauma they have experienced (United States of America v. Leslie Chapman, Nos. 15-2143 and 15-2173, 10th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 19217)....

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