PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 06CA1760.

280 P.3d 51 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jevon Ray DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

June 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Joseph G. Michaels , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas K. Wilson , Colorado State Public Defender, Pamela A. Dayton , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge TERRY.

In this appeal of a conviction for sexual assault, we consider the effect of a prosecutor's closing argument, unsupported by expert or lay testimony, about the "stages" typically experienced by trauma victims, where such argument was used to bolster the victim's credibility. We conclude this argument constitutes reversible error.

Defendant, Jevon Ray Davis, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty...

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