Court Opinion

ID: 9797395
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:19:33.023337+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:54:52.172305
License: Public Domain

CHAPEL, Judge,
concurs in part/dissents in part:
T1 I concur in the majority's discussion and conclusion as to the applicability of the collateral estoppel doctrine to criminal proceedings where the issue has been finally determined in a civil proceeding. I cannot agree, however, with the majority's application of the doctrine to the facts in this case. To reach the conclusion the majority has reached, one must conclude that a child could be the victim of sexual abuse in a manner that is not "heinous or shocking" or that did not cause "severe harm or injury." That is not a conclusion I am prepared to make. I therefore dissent to the decision to affirm the conviction and sentence in this case.