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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


In re KENDRICK GUY, Minor.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Petitioner-Appellee, V KENDRICK GUY, Respondent-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED May 24, 2005

No. 252762 Oakland Circuit Court LC No. 02-672806-DL

Before: Neff, P.J., and Owens and Fort Hood, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondent appeals as of right from his jury trial convictions of three counts of firstdegree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b(1)(a) (victim under thirteen years of age), and two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520c(1)(a) (victim under thirteen years of age)1. We affirm. On appeal, defendant first asserts that the trial court improperly qualified Amy Allen, a forensic interviewer at the Child Abuse and Neglect Council, as an expert witness on the common characteristics of children who allege sexual abuse. We disagree. "MRE 702 requires the trial court to ensure that each aspect of an expert witness's proffered testimony

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