People v. Bowker

I agree an affirmance is compelled in this case. However, I believe my colleagues have unnecessarily, and I re*396spectfully submit incorrectly, restricted the use of expert testimony offered on the “child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome” (CSAAS).

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The majority opinion concludes Kelly-Frye1 and People v. Bledsoe (1984) 36 Cal.3d 236 [203 Cal.Rptr. 450, 681 P.2d 291], when read together serve to exclude general evidence concerning CSAAS. It concludes that only where introduction of a specific element of the syndrome is necessary in order to disabuse a myth or misconception concerning sexual…