Military Panel: Expert Testimony On Rape Syndrome Properly Admitted

(January 4, 2019, 12:45 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. military judge did not abuse her discretion in allowing an expert for the prosecution in a rape case to opine on the phenomenon of “tonic immobility,” which is when a person freezes up during a traumatic situation, a military appeals court held Jan. 2 in upholding a sailor’s conviction and sentence (United States v. James D. Inchaurregui, No. 201700194, U.S. Navy-Marine Crim. App., 2019 CCA LEXIS 2)....

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