Judge In Written Order After Trial Says Expert On Sexual Grooming Admissible

(July 22, 2024, 1:10 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge on July 19 said that “every appellate court to consider the issue, including the Tenth Circuit [U.S. Court of Appeals], permits expert testimony about grooming” in criminal cases against child sexual abusers and denied a motion to exclude that was filed before trial; the order was not released until after the man had been convicted....