208 N.C. App. 286 - State v. Treadway’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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1. “"[a]ggravated offense" means any criminal offense that includes either of the following: (i) engaging in a sexual act involving vaginal, anal, or oral penetration with a victim of any age through the use of force or the threat of serious violence; or (ii) engaging in a sexual act involving vaginal, anal, or oral penetration with a victim who is less than 12 years old.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 337 - State v. Johnson

2. “Expert testimony is properly admissible when it can assist the jury in drawing certain inferences from facts and the expert is better qualified than the jury to draw such inferences..... Where the expert testimony is based on a proper foundation, the fact that this evidence may support the credibility of the victim does not alone render it inadmissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 222 - State v. Purcell

3. “In other words, without a review of “the underlying factual scenario giving rise to the conviction,” which is prohibited under Davison, a trial court could not know whether an offender was convicted under [N.C.G.S. § 14-27.4(a)(l) because he committed a sexual act with a child victim under the age of 13 or under the age of 12.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 210 N.C. App. 448 - State v. Santos