Jimmerson v. State

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of the offenses of rape, aggravated sodomy, and child molestation. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the jury’s verdicts.

1. The State called an expert witness who, on direct examination, was questioned as to the “indicators” of the child abuse syndrome and whether the victim had exhibited certain of those indicators. This witness testified that “one thing you look for is what we call pseudo-maturity, a child [who] has knowledge beyond her years of sexual activity, sexual language, words…