Pyron v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Rosa Mae Pyron guilty of three counts of cruelty to children. In her sole enumeration of error, Pyron contends that the trial court erred in failing to allow her to present expert testimony regarding the interview techniques employed in questioning the victim. Since such testimony involves an area of expertise beyond the ken of the average juror, the trial court erred in refusing to permit Pyron’s expert to testify. Accordingly, we reverse.

In September 1994, the victim, who was four years old, and his two siblings moved in with his grandparents, Rosa Pyron and her…