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POWELL v. STATE

527 A.2d 276 (1987)

Wyatt POWELL, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy J. Mullen, Asst. Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, for appellant.

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr., Chief of Appeals Div., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before MOORE, WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.

WALSH, Justice.

This is a companion case to Wheat v. State, Del.Supr., 527 A.2d 269, which addressed the use of expert testimony in child molestation cases. The appellant, Wyatt Powell, was convicted after a jury trial of first degree rape of his stepdaughter. Based on our reasoning in Wheat, we reverse.

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The State's evidence consisted of the direct testimony of the complainant, ten years old at the...

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