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STATE v. STANCIL

No. 589A01.

559 S.E.2d 788 (2002)

STATE of North Carolina, v. Ronnie Lane STANCIL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Anne M. Middleton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Michael A. Grace and Christopher R. Clifton, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

In a sexual offense prosecution involving a child victim, the trial court should not admit expert opinion that sexual abuse has in fact occurred because, absent physical evidence supporting a diagnosis of sexual abuse, such testimony is an impermissible opinion regarding the victim's credibility. State v. Trent, 320 N.C. 610, 359 S.E.2d 463 (1987); State v. Grover,

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