State v. Doremus

Irwin, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Joe F. Doremus was convicted of third degree sexual assault in the Lancaster County Court. The district court for Lancaster County affirmed his conviction and sentence, and Doremus has timely appealed to this court. Because the State’s expert witness testified on the issue of the victim’s mental capacity and defendant was denied an opportunity to have his own expert examine the victim on this issue, we reverse, and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

The record discloses that in 1992, both defendant and the alleged victim were clients of the Lancaster Office of Mental…