State v. Pretty Weasel
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of ten counts of sexual contact with a child under age sixteen and one count of first-degree rape, holding that the State's failure to notify Defendant that Debra Hughes, a mental health practitioner who had served as the victim's counselor, would give expert testimony did not prejudice Defendant.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) Defendant preserved expert witness issues for appellate review; (2) Hughes' testimony constituted an expert testimony requiring advance notice; (3) the circuit court abused its discretion by allowing the State to present expert witness testimony in violation of its pretrial order, but the admission of that testimony did not constitute prejudice; and (4) Hughes' testimony did not constitute improper bolstering of the victim's testimony.
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