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STATE v. MARTIN

No. 68332-2-I.

281 P.3d 315 (2012)

169 Wn. App. 620

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Sheryl Jean MARTIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine E. Glinski , Manchester, WA, for Appellant.

Anne M. Cruser , Clark County Prosecutor's Office, Vancouver, WA, for Respondent.

GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 Under ER 702, opinion testimony by an expert witness must be based on a theory generally accepted in the scientific community. Here, the trial court conducted a Frye1 hearing and determined that the betrayal trauma theory espoused by the defendant's expert was not generally accepted in the scientific community, and further, that even if the theory met the Frye standard for delayed reporting of childhood...

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