State v. Kelley

HOWE, Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

1 Defendant Allan Kelley appeals from a conviction by a jury of attempted rape, a first degree felony. 1 He raises two issues on appeal: first, whether the trial court abused its discretion in qualifying the prosecution's expert witness and allowing him to state conclusions founded upon alleged impermissible bases, and second, in the alternative, whether defense counsel's failure to timely object to the qualifications of the expert or raise an objection to. the principles that the expert relied upon constituted, ineffective assistance of counsel.

BACKGROUND

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