People v. Bass

Evidence at trial was that defendant sexually abused and raped the nine year old victim on three separate occasions in September 1986, on December 24, 1986, and in February 1987. Defendant directed the victim not to tell anyone of these incidents, but the child eventually did tell her grandmother, who had noticed personality changes in her granddaughter and arranged for a physical examination. A gynecologist specializing in pediatrics testified that two separate examinations of the child, conducted on February 26, 1987 and March 9, 1987, respectively, indicated the presence of symptoms…