People v. Eppens

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

Defendant, Scott Eppens, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust. He contends the trial court erred in permitting testimony regarding the child’s truthfulness on a specific occasion and in admitting a prior consistent statement to a police detective. We conclude that, because a witness improperly expressed an opinion essentially verifying that the child was being truthful in reporting the alleged sexual assault by defendant on the occasion in question, defendant’s…