STATE v. TALMADGE

No. CR-98-0312-PR.

999 P.2d 192 (2000)

196 Ariz. 436

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Audra Jean TALMADGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

May 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Napolitano, Attorney General, Phoenix, by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel Criminal Appeals Section, Donna J. Lam, Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellee.

Susan A. Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender, Tucson, by Rebecca A. McLean, Assistant Public Defender, Attorneys for Appellant.


OPINION

JONES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 In this case, we review evidentiary rulings that prevented two persons from testifying as expert witnesses on behalf of a defendant charged with eleven counts of criminal child abuse. We conclude, as to one of the experts, Dr. Paterson, that the court's ruling amounted to an abuse of discretion. By excluding both, the court prevented the defendant from presenting potentially sufficient evidence of the only defense...

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