PEOPLE v. BECKLEY

Docket Nos. 81583, 82892, (Calendar Nos. 12-13).

434 Mich. 691 (1990)

456 N.W.2d 391

PEOPLE v. BECKLEY PEOPLE v. BADOUR

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Tony Tague, Prosecuting Attorney, Judith K. Simonson, Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, and Kevin Lynch, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Beckley.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, George B. Mullison, Prosecuting Attorney, and Martha G. Mettee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Badour.

State Appellate Defender (by Richard B. Ginsberg and Jack Van Coevering) for defendant Beckley.

State Appellate Defender (by Richard B. Ginsberg) for defendant Badour.

Amici Curiae:

Carole M. Stanyar and Kenneth M. Mogill for Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and Michigan Inter-Professional Association.

Robert Cares for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.


BRICKLEY, J.

In these two cases, consolidated on appeal, each defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.1 During each trial, an expert testified regarding the characteristics and patterns of behavior typically exhibited by sexually abused children. We granted leave to appeal to determine whether the trial court properly admitted the disputed expert testimony.2

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