16 F. App'x 905 - Hellums v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Slack v. McDaniel · Kotteakos v. United States · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Lockhart v. Nelson
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“In abuse cases, experts may testify that an alleged victim suffers from symptoms consistent with sexual abuse ----Experts, however, may not comment on the alleged victim’s credibility .... Expert testimony, based on the statements of an alleged victim, that sexual abuse in fact occurred is inadmissible .... Statements that assume the fact of abuse are also inadmissible.” Id. at 910 (internal citations omitted). . In Isely , the plaintiff asserted that the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that he found no reason to question the victim's allegations of sexual abuse.” Id. The Court found that the testimony of those experts”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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