Opinion ID: 1369544
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Dr. Straub

Text: Dr. Straub is a psychologist. He would have testified that Storey's behavior around the time of the crime is consistent with dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder and that his acts evidence a crime of rage that is inconsistent with conscious action. The evidence Dr. Straub would rely on is that Storey's stepfather was abusive, unpredictable, and explosive; that later abuse caused further unpredictability; and that Storey abused substances to block out feelings and memories. Dr. Straub testified at the 1993 PCR hearing. In his deposition for this proceeding, Dr. Straub, contradicted the opinion he gave at the 1993 PCR hearing that Storey suffered from Antisocial Personality Disorder. Counsel could not recall her reasons for not selecting Dr. Straub, but presumed that his testimony wasn't persuasive or significant enough, and that [she] selected Dr. Vandenberg to talk about the extreme emotional distress. The motion court found that Dr. Straub's testimony was essentially the same as presented to the jury in 1999 by Dr. Vandenberg, only more verbose and confusing. The motion court also found that Dr. Straub's testimony was subject to cross-examination because he relied on Jill Miller's unreliable report and did not have any medical records to support his conclusion of brain injury.