PEOPLE v. FASY

No. 89CA0463.

813 P.2d 797 (1991)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John FASY, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1991.

Certiorari Granted August 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Douglas J. Friednash, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Frances Smylie Brown, Chief Appellate Deputy Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Opinion by Judge CRISWELL.

Defendant, John Fasy, appeals a judgment of conviction of sexual assault on a child. He argues, among other things, that the trial court erred in allowing an expert to give an opinion that the alleged victim suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome and in admitting the hearsay testimony of certain witnesses. Because we conclude that, under the circumstances here, the admission of the expert testimony was improper, we reverse and remand...

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