State v. W.B.

Judge STERN (temporarily assigned)

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant was convicted of offenses arising out of the sexual abuse of his then-fourteen-year-old step-daughter. After the Appellate Division affirmed defendant’s convictions in an unpublished opinion, we granted certification to review a number of the contentions raised by defendant.

While we now affirm the Appellate Division and sustain defendant’s convictions, we hold that Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS) expert testimony cannot include any reference to the credibility of sexual abuse victims, and that an…