P. v. Iniguez CA3
A jury found defendant Jose Iniguez guilty on 14 counts of lewd and lascivious acts involving five victims. At trial, the prosecution presented testimony from an expert witness to explain the behavior of child sexual abuse victims, using principles of Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS). On appeal, defendant asserts the trial court erred in admitting this testimony because a number of courts in other jurisdictions have disapproved of CSAAS evidence, and it does not satisfy established requirements for admissibility. He further argues defense counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel when he elicited testimony from the expert witness about the frequency of false accusations in child sexual abuse cases. Finding no merit in defendant’s contentions, we will affirm the judgment.
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