STATE v. DUNN

No. 22215-2-III.

105 P.3d 1022 (2005)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Larry E. DUNN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Three.

February 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bevan J. Maxey, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Appellant.

Kevin M. Korsmo, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.


SWEENEY, A.C.J.

The trial court admitted the opinion of a physician's assistant that a child had probably been sexually abused despite the absence of any physical signs of abuse. The physician's assistant based his opinion on a theory that effectively posits that if the child relates events within a given level of specificity then the child has probably been abused. The theory does not satisfy the Frye test. Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013, 1014 ...

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