Court of Appeals of New York

Defendant's criminal sexual conduct conviction is reversed where the trial judge should not have allowed an expert witness to define "pedophilia" and the "central characteristics" of a "pedophile," which became a springboard for the prosecutor to venture well beyond the evidence and the bounds of fair comment during his summation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2009
• Published 12/01/2009

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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