State v. Walston

BEASLEY, Justice.

In this case we consider whether the trial court abused its discretion in excluding defense expert testimony regarding repressed memory and the suggestibility of memory. We fund that the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstate defendant’s convictions.

On 14 November 2011, Robert Timothy Walston, Sr. (defendant) was indicted for a number of child sex offenses. After a trial in February 2012, the jury found defendant guilty of one count of first-degree sexual offense, three counts of first-degree rape of a…