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- A Father Accused of Molesting a Girl at the Daycare His Son Attended

## False Allegations in Shared Spaces

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On cross-examination by the defense, the State’s witnesses conceded false memories are a real danger when small children report they have been molested.

## Case Summary

*The accusation*

That Roy molested three-year-old Patty while she was at the in-home daycare his son attended.

*The charges*

Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree

*The possible sentence*

from ten years to life in prison.

*The defense David Marshall presented*

Patty’s mother misheard a remark Patty made and feared she had been molested. With suggestive questioning, the mother unintentionally elicited a false child molestation allegation that over time became a false memory.

*The trial result*

The jury acquitted Roy of both charges.

*What helped win the case*‍

Testimony from the State’s witnesses, on cross-examination, that false memories are a real danger when small children report they have been molested.

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