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PEOPLE v. THORPE

Docket Nos. 156777 and 157404.

934 N.W.2d 693 (2019)

504 Mich. 230

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua Lee THORPE, Defendant-Appellant. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brandon James Harbison, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, Myrene K. Koch , Prosecuting Attorney, and Jonathan K. Blair , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Docket Nos. 156777 and 157404.

State Appellate Defender (by Katherine L. Marcuz ) for Joshua L. Thorpe.

State Appellate Defender (by Douglas W. Baker ) for Brandon J. Harbison.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH

OPINION

In these consolidated cases, we address the propriety and scope of expert testimony in cases alleging child sexual abuse. In Thorpe, we address the admissibility of testimony from an expert in the area of child sexual abuse and disclosure about the rate of false reports of sexual abuse by children to rebut testimony...

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