Opinion ID: 835782
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Testimony Corroborating the Victim

Text: The victim's therapist testified that the victim had left a message on her office answering machine on the evening of September 12. She testified that the victim had been obviously very upset. The therapist had erased the message, but her notes read that Boyfriend [petitioner] forced oral sex and threatened to kill her. [Victim] very shaken, not certain what to do. [6] Klingforth's testimony corroborated the victim's story about the times of the telephone calls. He described her demeanor in the first telephone call as terribly shaken up    on the verge of crying. In the second and third calls, she had been a little more relaxed but still shaky and upset. Klingforth did not testify to the specifics of the conversations with the victim in his direct examination. He did, however, say that the conversation concerned the victim's meeting with petitioner and that he had asked the victim whether petitioner had raped her. Klingforth also described petitioner's telephone call to him, and his story mirrored the victim's account. On cross-examination, trial counsel asked Klingforth whether the victim had told him that petitioner had held a gun to her head and forced her to perform oral sex on him. Klingforth said yes. The victim's employer testified that the victim had been crying at work on the day after the incident. He asked her about it, and, when she told him about the crime, he convinced her to call the police. Later, he heard the victim yelling and saw that petitioner had entered the office. He asked petitioner to leave, and petitioner complied. The victim's employer described the victim's reaction as horrified and shaking beyond belief.