STATE v. SWEENEY

No. 7395-1-II.

45 Wn. App. 81 (1986)

723 P.2d 551

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. WILLIAM JEWELL SWEENEY, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

August 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd M. Rutledge and Boettcher, LaLonde, Kleweno, Rutledge & Jahn, for appellant.

Arthur D. Curtis, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael R. Foister, Deputy, for respondent.


PETRICH, J.

William Sweeney appeals his conviction for indecent liberties. On appeal, we are asked to decide three issues: (1) whether testimony of a psychologist, which related to behavior patterns of children who had been sexually abused by their fathers, constituted an impermissible comment on Sweeney's guilt; (2) whether the denial of Sweeney's motion for continuance deprived him of his Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation and effective assistance of counsel...

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