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STATE v. BARRETT

No. 5395.

416 S.C. 124 (2016)

785 S.E.2d 387

The STATE, Respondent, v. Gerald BARRETT, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 23, 2016.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender, David Alexander , of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General, Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General, William M. Blitch, Jr. , both of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III , of Bluffton, for respondent.

Gerald Barrett appeals his conviction for a lewd act upon a minor, arguing the trial court erred in (1) qualifying Kendra Twitty as an expert "mental health professional, specifically in the area of child sexual abuse characteristics," and (2) failing to grant a continuance for him to obtain an expert to dispute her testimony. We affirm...

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