Oregon v. Beauvais
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted on a single count of first-degree sex abuse. On appeal of his sentence, he argued the trial court erred in denying his motion in limine to exclude expert testimony concerning a diagnosis of child sexual abuse, in addition to the evaluative criteria underlying that diagnosis. Defendant contended that the testimony impermissibly commented on the credibility of the complaining witness in this case. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. And finding no reversible error in either the trial or appellate courts' judgments, the Supreme Court affirmed too.
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