Legal Opinion
People v. Fortin
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 6, 2017No. 2d Crim. No. B271184PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerren, J.
*526Pedro Fortin was charged with molesting two young girls. Through use of the "Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest" (Abel test), he *527sought to prove that he does not have a sexual interest in children. He was rebuffed. The prosecution, however, was permitted to introduce evidence of the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS) to explain why child victims of sexual abuse may delay in making a report. Fortin was convicted of child molestation (Pen. Code, §§ 288, 288.71 ) and false imprisonment by violence (§§ 236, 237). As we shall explain, the trial court did not err in either ruling.
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