State v. J.Q.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LONG, J.A.D.

I

We are called upon here to determine the extent to which expert evidence may be utilized in a child sex abuse case to *15shore up a victim-witness’s testimony. Defendant, J.Q., who was convicted of a series of sex crimes against his young daughters, N.Q. and C.Q., claims that he was denied a fair trial because of the improper admission of expert testimony which bolstered the credibility of the children.1 At issue is the admission of testimony as to the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS), other so-called syndrome evidence and…