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STATE v. LOCKHART

No. 27053.

542 S.E.2d 443 (2000)

208 W.Va. 622

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Carl E. LOCKHART, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee F. Benford, II, Ravenswood, West Virginia, Attorney for the Appellant.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Barbara H. Allen, Managing Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for the Appellee.

DAVIS, Justice:

Carl E. Lockhart appeals his convictions for the offenses of sexual assault in the first degree, battery, burglary, and assault during the commission of a felony. Mr. Lockhart argues that the trial court erred in excluding testimony, offered by an expert witness in support of an insanity defense, that Mr. Lockhart suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder. We find that expert testimony regarding Dissociative Identity Disorder may be admissible...

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