People v. Julian
Annotate this CaseThe Court of Appeal reversed defendant's conviction of four counts of lewd acts upon a child and one count of sexual penetration with a child under 10 years old. The court held, among other things, that the People's expert witness introduced inadmissible statistical evidence that went beyond the permissible scope of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS) evidence and deprived defendant of a fair trial; defendant's counsel provided ineffective assistance by not objecting to this evidence; and defendant's defense was prejudicially undermined by his counsel's question that invited a police detective to give the opinion that the People's witness against defendant was credible. Accordingly, the court remanded for a new trial.
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