State v. Bubar

This is an appeal from a conviction of sexual assault in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(1)(A). We affirm.

The defendant first contends on appeal that the trial court improperly admitted the complainant’s testimony concerning the effect of the attack on her subsequent mental state, as well as the testimony by the complainant’s counselor about rape trauma syndrome, which describes post-attack symptoms commonly experienced by rape victims. The testimony was offered and accepted by the court as relevant to the ultimate issue of whether the rape had in fact occurred. The defendant contends on appeal…