State v. Thomas

JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.

Leon Thomas (Defendant) appeals from his convictions on multiple counts of statutory sodomy and statutory rape involving two victims. Defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion in permitting expert testimony on the methodology used in interviewing alleged child sexual abuse victims because the testimony improperly vouched for the victims’ credibility. This Court affirms.

I. Factual and Procedural History

In 2006, Defendant was charged by information with three counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree and two counts of statutory rape in the first…