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7. Expert Testimony On The Suggestibility Of Children: Does It Fit?, Thomas D. Lyon
7. Expert Testimony On The Suggestibility Of Children: Does It Fit?, Thomas D. Lyon
Thomas D. Lyon
State v. Sloan (1995 [Mo. Ct. App.]) was a criminal case of child sexual abuse. AD., the 6-year-old alleged victim, was dropped off on Friday by her mother at her grandmother's house, where the child's aunt Evelyn and the defendant also resided. Two days later, on Sunday, the child's aunt Anita phoned the child's mother and told her that something was wrong. AD. then told her mother that the defendant had sexually assaulted her the day before. The mother called the child abuse hot line. On Thursday, 5 days after the alleged abuse, a social worker and a police detective …