Opinion ID: 813297
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Heading: The Prosecutorial Misconduct Issues

Text: A. Cross Examination of Dr. James Herriot. Grauer’s first defense witness at trial was Dr. James Herriot, who holds a Ph.D. in human sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. Dr. Herriot testified -3- that internet chat rooms thrive on anonymity and are primarily an entertainment medium where adults engage in fantasy “age-play,” which he described as roleplaying in which one adult plays an older person and the other a young person, “often the naughty schoolgirl.” Dr. Herriot testified that he had reviewed transcripts of the chats between Grauer and Jenny and opined that they had many of the “signatures” of adult age-play. During cross examination, Dr. Herriot was asked: Q. You have never testified in a case for the defense or for the government where a person was charged with chatting with an actual minor on the Internet? A. . . . [N]o actual minors. It is all adults. Adults talking to adults. . . .