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Criminal Law: Child Molestation-Exclusion Of Testimony-Jury Instructions
Staff Report//September 15, 2023
Criminal Law: Child Molestation-Exclusion Of Testimony-Jury Instructions
Staff Report//September 15, 2023
Where a defendant challenged his conviction for child molestation, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the victim’s grandmother’s testimony because it was not logically or legally relevant to any motive of the victim to fabricate allegations, and the court did not err in overruling objections to the verdict directors because the instructions adequately ensured a unanimous verdict on each count.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Campbell (MLW No. 80497/Case No. ED110923 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Stevens, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Francois County, Wexler Horn, J. (William J. Swift for appellant) (Kristen S. Johnson for respondent).
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