STATE v. ACKER

Appellate Case No. 2016-002368 Opinion No. 5892.

435 S.C. 716 (2022)

869 S.E.2d 873

The STATE, Respondent, v. Thomas Stephen ACKER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed January 19, 2022.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defenders Adam Sinclair Ruffin and Kathrine Haggard Hudgins , both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General Susan Ranee Saunders , and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Scott Matthews , all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barry Joe Barnette , of Spartanburg; all for Respondent.


Thomas Stephen Acker appeals his convictions for first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a minor and disseminating obscene material to a minor, arguing the circuit court abused its discretion in (1) admitting expert testimony addressing the behavioral characteristics of child sexual abuse victims and (2) admitting his statement...

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