Seales v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"She further testified that she found no tears, bruises, or lacerations but that it was not uncommon not to find evidence of trauma in sexually abused children. She stated that the hymen was intact and acknowledged on cross-examination that this would indicate that penetration did not extend past the hymenal opening. "Dr. Fesenmeier referred the prosecutrix to Dr. Christy Mulchahey of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Mulchahey testified that the prosecutrix indicated that her stepfather touched her in the genital area with his hand and something else, but she was not clear as to what. Dr. Mulchahey drew two figures, one of a little girl and one of a man. The prosecutrix pointed to her genital area when asked where he touched her and pointed to his hand and genital area when asked with what he touched her. "The prosecutrix testified that she was awakened by her stepfather. She stated that he placed her on the floor, pushed up her night shirt, took off her panties, and put some Vaseline on her 'private part.' She stated that he then put his 'private part' on her 'back private part.' According to the prosecutrix, [Seales] then tried to push his 'private part' into her 'front private part,' but '[i]t couldn't go up in there.' She also said that his 'private part' was hard during this time. "According to the prosecutrix, [Seales] heard her mother, so he placed her back on the bed and tried to put her panties back on. She a”

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   e.g. Seales v. State

2. “[Seales] took the stand and testified. He wholly denied the incident and claimed that when his wife awoke on the morning [in question] he was in the bathroom. According to [Seales], she came at him screaming and accusing him of raping her daughter. He also denied sexually abusing his stepdaughter on a previous occasion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seales v. State

3. “She further testified that she found no tears, bruises, or lacerations but that it was not uncommon not to find evidence of trauma in sexually abused children. She stated that the hymen was intact and acknowledged on cross-examination that this would indicate that penetration did not extend past the hymenal opening.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seales v. State