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State v. Lusk

Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Aug 17, 2016
886 N.W.2d 106 (Iowa Ct. App. 2016)

Summary

affirming admission of expert testimony where forensic interviewer "did not testify the demeanors of [the victims] were consistent with sexual abuse" but "testified generally about whether child victims of sexual abuse sometimes delay reporting the abuse"

Summary of this case from Simpson v. State

Opinion

No. 15–1294.

08-17-2016

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. John Winston LUSK, Defendant–Appellant.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Patricia A. Reynolds, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Kelli A. Huser, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State.


DECISION WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINION

Affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Lusk

Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Aug 17, 2016
886 N.W.2d 106 (Iowa Ct. App. 2016)

affirming admission of expert testimony where forensic interviewer "did not testify the demeanors of [the victims] were consistent with sexual abuse" but "testified generally about whether child victims of sexual abuse sometimes delay reporting the abuse"

Summary of this case from Simpson v. State
Case details for

State v. Lusk

Case Details

Full title:STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. John Winston LUSK…

Court:Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Date published: Aug 17, 2016

Citations

886 N.W.2d 106 (Iowa Ct. App. 2016)

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