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Judge limits expert scope, hears legal argument over meaning of "penetration" ahead of Venier trial
Summary
During the trial of Dr. Nir Venier, attorneys argued over whether a SANE nurse or other witnesses may define "penetration" or offer expert interpretation; the judge limited testimony and said he would rule before the nurse testifies.
A Jefferson County judge told lawyers on Friday he will limit expert testimony and make a ruling before the sexual-assault nurse examiner testifies after defense objections over how the word "penetration" may be defined for the jury.
The dispute began when defense counsel objected to anticipated testimony from the SANE (sexual-assault nurse examiner) that the state's use of the term "penetration" should be conflated with a medical examiner's description of contact. Prosecutor Michael Coleman told the court the state would not conflate touching with penetration and proffered that the nurse would testify he and she shared a "common meaning" of penetration as "breaking the plane," specifically "breaking the plane of the labia majora." Defense counsel argued the words…
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