P. v. Aunko CA1/1
Defendant Neil Aunko sexually abused his young stepdaughter, A., for over two years. After he also engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with A.’s friend, M., the girls reported his actions to A.’s mother. A jury convicted him of forty counts of various sexual offenses against children, and the trial court sentenced him to 195 years to life in prison.
On appeal, Aunko claims that his convictions must be reversed because of errors involving expert testimony about Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS), a model that describes typical responses of child victims of sexual abuse. He also argues that, even if we do not reverse his convictions, remand is required because the court failed to conduct an in camera review of A.’s psychological records to search for evidence that might have supported his motion for a new trial. We reject these contentions and affirm.
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