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STATE v. VARELA

No. 1 CA-CR 91-0646.

178 Ariz. 319 (1993)

873 P.2d 657

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jesus Benjamin VARELA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.

Reconsideration Denied November 17, 1993.

Review and Cross-Petition for Review Denied May 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant J. Woods, Atty. Gen. by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Criminal Div., and Jon G. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Dean W. Trebesch, Maricopa County Public Defender by Carol A. Carrigan, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.

OPINION

VOSS, Presiding Judge.

We hold in this opinion that a person who is neither a licensed psychologist nor medical doctor is not qualified as an expert witness for the admissibility of prior bad act evidence to show "emotional propensity" in a sex crimes case. However, we hold that the prior bad act evidence was otherwise properly admitted; therefore we affirm.

Jesus Benjamin Varela (defendant) was convicted by a jury of four counts of sexual...

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