California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Artero, H045380 (Cal. App. 2019):
true. Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome research is based upon an approach that is completely different from that which you must take to this case. The research begins with the assumption that a molestation has occurred, and seeks to describe and explain common reactions of children to that experience. [. . .] You should consider the evidence concerning child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome only for the limited purpose of showing, if it does, that the alleged victim's reactions, as demonstrated by the evidence, are not inconsistent with her having been molested." In the absence of any showing to the contrary, we presume the jury understood and followed these instructions. (People v. Hinton (2006) 37 Cal.4th 839, 871.)
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