6th Circuit Rules No Error In Admission Of Expert Testimony On Victim Recantation

Mealey's (February 6, 2017, 10:41 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — Finding no error in the admission of expert testimony on domestic violence and victim recantation, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 3 affirmed the conviction of man for charges related to a sexual assault of his girlfriend who recanted at trial the testimony she gave before a grand jury about an abusive relationship (United States of America v. Lynn Michael LaVictor, No. 15-1580, 6th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 1958)....