Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Jun 30, 2023
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent vs. CURTIS JEROME WEBB, JR., Appellant
Curtis Webb was found guilty of first-degree rape and first-degree statutory sodomy and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On appeal, Webb raised an unpreserved claim of error, arguing that expert testimony regarding the victim's PTSD constituted improper vouching for her credibility and invaded the province of the jury. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, declined to review the claim for plain error, finding that the expert testimony, which stated opinions that the victim's PTSD resulted from sexual assault, did not rise to the level of improper vouching. The court affirmed the circuit court's judgment.