People v. Koon

BABCOCK, Judge.

Defendant, Orion Leroy Koon, appeals the judgment entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of two counts of first degree sexual assault. He alleges error in the admission of certain hearsay statements, in the admission of expert testimony concerning behavioral patterns of incest victims, and in the admission of expert testimony as to the truthfulness of the alleged victim. We reverse.

The defendant was charged with two sexual assaults in February 1983 on his then twelve-year-old stepdaughter. In addition to the stepdaughter’s testimony, at trial the prosecution produced…