New trial for Critchfield
COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a Coeur d’Alene man convicted in 2010 of fondling two young girls at his home.
The judges upheld a lower court decision awarding Robert Critchfield, 37, a new trial because the trial judge made an error by not letting an expert witness take the stand.
Critchfield was convicted by a jury of lewd conduct with a child and sexual abuse. Prosecutors claimed Critchfield fondled the girls, ranging in age from 9 to 14, at his home in 2008. Critchfield has long maintained his innocence. Read more.
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