California Court of Appeal

Convictions of child molestation, Pen. Code sections 288 and 288.7, and false imprisonment by violence, sections 236 and 237, are affirmed over defendant's evidentiary challenges, where the trial court did not err in: 1) excluding defendant's results of the 'Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest' (Abel test) for want of acceptance by the relevant scientific community; and 2) permitting the introduction evidence of the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS) to explain why child victims of sexual abuse may delay in making a report.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/06/06

Judges

• PERREN

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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