State v. Hall

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

On October 25, 1985, a jury found respondent Mark Steven Hall guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat.. § 609.342(b) (1984); Hall was sentenced to a 43-month term of imprisonment. The Court of Appeals reversed Hall’s conviction and remanded for a new trial on the ground that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting expert testimony concerning the common behavioral characteristics of sexually abused adolescents. State v. Hall, 392 N.W.2d 285 (Minn.App.1986). We granted the state’s petition for further review to determine whether,…