State v. Gaona
Annotate this CaseDefendant Roldolfo Gaona was convicted of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy for incidents involving his stepdaughter, M.L. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court erred in allowing the executive director of Finding Words of Kansas to testify as an expert about the behavior of child victims of sexual abuse, but the error was harmless; (2) the district judge did not err by failing to give a lesser included instruction on attempted aggravated criminal sodomy; (3) it was not error to exclude Gaona's medical records; (4) no cumulative error required reversal of Gaona's convictions; and (5) Gaona was not entitled to vacation of his sentence.
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