State v. Quiroz
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The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction for sexual intercourse without consent, a felony, and affirmed his remaining convictions for aggravated kidnapping and assault with a weapon, holding that defense counsel's deficient performance undermined this Court's confidence in the outcome of the proceedings as it pertained to Defendant's conviction for sexual intercourse without consent.
At issue on appeal was whether Defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to object to expert testimony on the statistical likelihood that Defendant's accuser was lying. The Supreme Court held that while the testimony may have improperly bolstered the complaining witness's testimony regarding the element of consent as to the sexual intercourse without consent charge it had no bearing on the kidnapping and assault with a knife charges.
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