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State v. W.B. (A-80-09)

Argued October 13, 2010 -- Decided April 27, 2011

STERN, J. (temporarily assigned), writing for a majority of the Court.

The issues in this appeal are: (1) the admissibility of defendant’s recorded statement; (2) the implications of a police officer destroying his or her notes after producing a final report; (3) whether expert testimony about the statistical credibility of the victim was admissible and, if not, whether its admission was reversible error; (4) whether testimony regarding the victim’s complaint more than one and one-half years after defendant’s sexual assault was admissible under the fresh complaint rule; (5) the propriety of the jury charge; and (6) whether the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the playback of defendant’s videotaped confession, which had not been admitted into evidence.