Legal Opinion

State v. Kallin

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 1994No. 920560PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:

A jury convicted James Kallin of rape of a child, a first degree felony, and the trial court sentenced Kallin to a prison term of five years to life. On appeal, Kallin asserts that this Court should reverse his conviction because the trial court erred in five eviden-tiary rulings: (1) the State’s expert witness was allowed to affirm the credibility of the victim; (2) the expert was permitted to testify, in effect, that the victim fit the profile of a sexually abused child; (3) the defendant was prohibited from eliciting expert testimony that defendant was not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. KnightUtah Supreme Court · 1987
  2. State v. RimmaschUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State v. EmmettUtah Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. CarterUtah Supreme Court · 1985
  5. State v. WorthenUtah Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. United States v. Wayne Lewis CharleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  2. State v. TiedemannUtah Supreme Court · 2007
  3. State v. SaundersUtah Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. LooseUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. DoportoUtah Supreme Court · 1997

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