How have courts dealt with testimony that a molestation victim does not need to get into her abuser's car?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, 41 Cal.App.4th 1232, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 114 (Cal. App. 1996):
The first, People v. Harris (1978) 85 Cal.App.3d 954, 149 Cal.Rptr. 860, involved testimony that a child molestation victim, while standing outside the defendant's car, stated "I don't have to get in your car, Mister, to show you where it's at. It's just right down there." (Id. at p. 956, 149 Cal.Rptr. 860.)
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