State v. Stevens

In this appeal from a month-long trial, I dissent because the majority reverses the trial court on claimed errors that were not properly preserved for our review and did not work to defendant’s prejudice.

*608The state introduced expert testimony regarding BWS for the purposes of explaining the dynamics of Ram-beck’s relationship with defendant. It was defendant’s theory of the case that Rambeck abused and murdered her own child. The state offered evidence that Rambeck had been physically and emotionally abused by defendant. It then offered the testimony of Professor Klingbeil to explain why…