PEOPLE v. FOSS

No. C050992.

65 Cal.Rptr.3d 790 (2007)

155 Cal.App.4th 113

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Raymond FOSS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

September 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Navone, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Jamie A. Scheidegger, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

NICHOLSON, Acting P.J.

In this child molestation case, we conclude that the trial court was not required to allow the defense to inquire into whether a witness who was involved in the reporting of the molestation had a morbid fear of sexual matters. By this questioning, the defense hoped to establish that the witness, an adult female, had influenced the child to falsely report that the defendant...

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