| Docket # | SJC-10382 |
| Date | September 10, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Child abuse. Evidence, Expert opinion, Qualification of expert witness, Scientific test. Witness, Expert. Constitutional law, Assistance of counsel. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, New trial, Judicial discretion, Argument by prosecutor. Practice, Civil, Instructions to jury. Limitations, Statute of. Indecent assault and battery. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Stephen E. Neel. |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Shanley: Robert F. Shaw, Jr. |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Loretta M. Lillios, Bethany Stevens |
| Amici Curiae | International Committee of Social, Psychiatric, Psychological, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Neurological Scientists; Committee for Public Counsel Services; False Memory Syndrome Foundation; Leadership Council for Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
