Fleener v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Carl P. Fleener, was convicted on three counts of child molesting, a class D felony. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Fleener v. State (1995), Ind. App., 648 N.E.2d 652. The defendant seeks transfer, in part asserting trial court error in admitting expert testimony regarding child sexual abuse syndrome.

This was the principal issue addressed in our recent decision, Steward v. State (1995), Ind., 652 N.E.2d 490, an opinion not yet filed when the Court of Appeals decided the present case. In discussing the defendant’s Evidence Rule…