Legal Opinion
State v. Schnabel
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 29, 2008No. A-13 September Term 2007PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice WALLACE, JR.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Defendant was convicted of firstrdegree aggravated sexual assault and related offenses allegedly committed against his girlfriend’s two daughters. We must determine whether the admission of Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS) evidence was unduly prejudicial and whether evidence of third-party sexual abuse should have been excluded under the Rape Shield Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7. We conclude that the CSAAS evidence was properly admitted. Moreover, in light of that evidence, we conclude that evidence of third-party sexual abuse…
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