Split 9th Circuit Affirms Rejection Of Experts, Habeas Relief For Accused Molester

(August 28, 2019, 8:38 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 19 affirmed denial of habeas relief for a man seeking to overturn his conviction for sexual abuse of his daughter after she recanted her testimony more than seven years after his trial, finding in part that his new expert testimony was not new at all and had already been heard by the jury (Fredrick Earl Bain v. Sid Thompson, et al., No. 18-35683, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 24646)....