Mr. Chuprinov was charged and convicted at trial of Rape of a Child in the First Degree, Second Degree, Third Degree and Incest in the First Degree, involving his half-sister. Mr. Chuprinov’s half-sister disclosed significant abuse to local law enforcement. An interrogation of Mr. Chuprinov followed, wherein he admitted to having sexual intercourse with his Read More…
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State v Helkenn (Unpublished) SA Victim’s Testimony Needs No Corroboration (Trend? Round II)
Another Division I case upholding a ‘noncorroboration’ jury instruction. This may be a trend, as a published opinion, State v Zwald, came out one week before Helkenn, and appeared to be inviting a stronger constitutional due process challenge, while ultimately affirming the use of the instruction in Mr. Zwald’s appeal. (See my discussions of State Read More…
Child Sexual Assault Victim Needs No Corroboration
State v. Zwald Joel Duane Zwald was convicted after jury trial of 3rd Degree Child Molestation, 2nd Degree Child Molestation, and 2nd Degree Rape of a child. On appeal, he argued the trial prosecutor committed reversible misconduct during closing argument and the court improperly commented on trial evidence by instructing the jury that to convict Read More…