State Court Decisions Regarding the Use of Battered Woman’s Syndrome Testimony
Author: Anne L. Perry.; Nancy K.D. Lemon.
Source: Volume 03, Number 03, February/March 1998 , pp.35-37(3)
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Abstract:
This column summarizes and discusses recent cases on the title subject, including: Commonwealth v. Goetzendanner, 679 N.E.2d 240 (Mass. App. Ct.), cert. denied, 682 N.E.2d 1362 (1997); State v. Griffin, 564 N.W.2d 370 (Iowa 1997); Carnahan v. State, 681 N.E.2d 1164 (Ind. Ct. App. 1997); People v. Morgan, 58 State v. Cooke, 1997 WL 428332 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997); People v. Erickson, 52 Cal. App. 4th 1391 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997); State v. Mott, 931 P.2d 1046 (Ariz. 1997), cert. denied, 117 S.Ct. 1832 (1997); Smith v. State, 486 S.E.2d 819 (Ga. 1997).Keywords: expert testimony; “battering and its effects”
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1: Associate Editor of DVR; 2: Associate Editor of DVR.