Court Opinion

ID: 9610362
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:40:08.40508+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:47:34.873503
License: Public Domain

Shaw, Judge
(concurring):
I fully agree with the holding of the majority opinion. However, regarding Prior’s claim that some evidence which possibly could have been favorable to him was denied, the trial judge allowed the testimony of Dr. Terence Lelane, a psychologist, who, after interviewing and testing Honea concluded she did not display post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. This favored Prior. His testimony, combined with all other testimony gave the jury a fair presentation of the allegations of both sides. The jury found credibility in Honea’s witnesses. Therefore, if the testimony of Dr. Burns would have been allowed and would have been favorable to Prior, it would have beén merely cumulative. This further strengthens the ruling of the trial judge.