Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Jun 28, 2019
State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Elizabeth Suttles, Appellant.
Elizabeth Suttles appealed her convictions for furnishing pornographic materials to a minor and first-degree statutory sodomy. She challenged the trial court's admission of expert testimony from two witnesses regarding delayed disclosures of sexual abuse by child victims, arguing it was unreliable and invaded the jury's province. Suttles also contended the trial court erred by excluding evidence of the victim's hallucinations. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding the expert testimony admissible as generalized, relevant, and reliable, and the hallucination evidence properly excluded as cumulative and unfairly prejudicial.