New Jersey appeals court orders new trial for Anna Stubblefield, claiming trial court wrongly excluded testimony by facilitated communication proponent

This is a surprising ruling, though it turns on a subtle point.  The court finds the trial court erred not in prohibiting introduction of facilitated communication ("FC") as "scientific" evidence, but in not permitting a leading proponent of FC to testify as to her evaluation of the mental competence of the victim, which the defense claims did not depend on FC.  (For more on on Crossley and FC, see this earlier post and the updates.)