Legal Opinion

Tevlin v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 10, 1986No. 85SC236PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VOLLACK, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the unpublished opinion of the court of appeals in People v. Tevlin, No. 83CA0783, decided April 18, 1985. The court of appeals affirmed the petitioner’s conviction of the charges of second degree assault under section 18-3-203, 8 C.R.S. (1978), and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury under section 18-6-401, 8 C.R.S. (1978). We affirm.

The issues are whether the trial court erred in allowing an expert in child abuse investigation to testify that a child witness was telling the truth, and whether any error in allowing an expert to…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Callis v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. People v. CarlsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  4. People v. GallegosSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. People v. KoonColorado Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by112 opinions

  1. People v. StewartSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  2. State v. RimmaschUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. People v. GaffneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
  4. Masters v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  5. People v. EppensSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999

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