CORREIA v. STATE

No. 96-1017.

695 So.2d 461 (1997)

Paul S. CORREIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, Judge.

Appellant, Paul Correia, was tried by jury, convicted of two counts of capital sexual battery, and sentenced to life in prison with a mandatory 25 years. We affirm the conviction but write to discuss appellant's claim that the trial court erred in allowing the testimony of an expert witness in the "field of interviewing young children who have made allegations of sexual abuse." Because the issue was not...

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