State v. Barraza

OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

Defendant received concurrent sentences on convictions of one count of kidnaping and two counts of second degree criminal sexual penetration (CSP II). His challenge to the CSP convictions rests on the alleged impropriety of testimony regarding rape-trauma syndrome (RTS) by Micki Curtis, the Sexual Assault Program Coordinator for Southwest Mental Health Associates. He does not challenge the kidnaping conviction. We granted oral argument, primarily to consider whether any error had been preserved. We affirm.

INTRODUCTION

RTS is a term appearing in psychiatric literature of the…