California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Stark, 213 Cal.App.3d 107, 261 Cal.Rptr. 479 (Cal. App. 1989):
Second, if requested the jury must be admonished " 'that the expert's testimony is not intended and should not be used to determine whether the victim's molestation claim is true.... The evidence is admissible solely for the purpose of showing that the victim's reactions as demonstrated by the evidence are not inconsistent with having been molested.' " (Ibid., original italics; see People v. Bothuel (1988) 205 Cal.App.3d 581, 587-588, 252 Cal.Rptr. 596.)
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