Expressing the Sense of Congress that Expert Testimony Concerning the Nature and Effect of Domestic Violence [pdf]

Mr. Brooks, from the Committee on the Judiciary submitted the report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 89) expressing the sense of Congress that expert testimony concerning the nature and effect of domestic violence, including descriptions of the experiences of battered women, should be admissible when offered in a State court by a defendant in a criminal case, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the resolution be agreed to.