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Argued April 5, 1995.
Decided August 22, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Joseph P. Kwiatkowski, Prosecuting Attorney, and J. Ronald Kaplansky, Assistant Attorney General, for the people in Peterson.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Charles H. Koop, Prosecuting Attorney, and William E. Molner, Assistant Attorney General, for the people in Smith.
Jeanice Dagher-Margosian for Peterson.
Earl R. Spuhler for Smith.
Amicus Curiae:
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Donald Martin, President, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
MALLETT, J.
In these consolidated cases, we are asked to revisit our decision in People v Beckley,434 Mich. 691; 465 N.W.2d 391 (1990), and determine the proper scope of expert testimony in childhood sexual abuse cases. The question that arises in such cases is how a trial court must limit the testimony of experts while crafting a fair and equitable solution to the credibility contests that inevitably arise. As a threshold...
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