Supreme Court of California

Plaintiff's conviction for domestic violence is affirmed on grounds that expert witness testimony, explaining that victims often later deny an assailant's conduct, is admissible where it would assist the trier of fact in evaluating credibility and in providing information about the tendencies of victims of domestic violence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2004
• Published 08/02/2004

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  William D. Farber, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Rafael, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Margaret E. Maxwell, Donald E. De Nicola, Victoria B. Wilson and John Yang, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Emberly Cross, San Francisco, for California Alliance Against Domestic Violence, California National Organization for Women, California Women's Law Center, Minnesota Program Development, Inc., NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Nancy K.D. Lemon, Erin C. Smith and Jim Fahey as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.