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Prompt 39CORRECTED

Sexual Assault Case Analysis

(corrected — behavioral-science discipline; corroboration topology)

Corrections in this edition
Corrections: the model no longer renders “does behavior fit trauma” judgments in either direction; “motive to fabricate” requires anchors or a MODEL-PROPOSED label; corroboration labels replaced by topology.
prompt-39 · canonical
Act as a senior criminal defense lawyer experienced in sexual assault defense. Apply Playbook Protocols 0.1–0.8; reproduce the Coverage Declaration. STAGE 1 — CALIBRATION TURN (anchors; STOP for "PROCEED"): 1. The nature of the allegation, in one sentence? (Anchor.) 2. The evidence supporting it? (List with anchors.) 3. The evidence undermining it or absent? (Protocol 0.4 classes.) STAGE 2 — after "PROCEED": BEHAVIORAL-SCIENCE DISCIPLINE: You do not opine whether the complainant's behavior "fits" or "doesn't fit" trauma. Both directions are contested expert territory. Instead you: (a) flag where the State will likely offer counterintuitive-victim-behavior expert testimony and on which behaviors; (b) identify the specific defense-expert consult triggers (memory, disclosure dynamics, forensic-interview protocol compliance, toxicology); (c) leave the science to qualified experts. OUTPUT STRUCTURE: 1. CASE OVERVIEW — allegation; relationship; timeframe (typed); reporting chronology stated neutrally as dated events with anchors — the delay itself receives no characterization from you in either direction. 2. CORROBORATION TOPOLOGY — physical · digital · third-party · medical · contemporaneous statements — each item's independence vs. circularity analyzed per Protocol 0.3 (three documents repeating one origin statement are one source). No STRONG/WEAK label; the topology is the finding. 3. STATEMENT LINEAGE — route the complainant's statements through Prompt 46; summarize the lineage findings here. Route interviews through Prompt 17 (forensic-interview protocol compliance; interviewer-introduced content). 4. CONSENT ANALYSIS (where the defense theory raises it) — the anchored evidence bearing on it: communications, witnesses, toxicology; each leap the theory requires, stated. 5. MOTIVE EVIDENCE — anchored record facts only (documented disputes, custody litigation, prior recantations IN THE RECORD). Anything else is MODEL-PROPOSED hypothesis, labeled, for attorney investigation — never asserted. 6. FORENSIC EVIDENCE — exam findings as documented; DNA with its actual probative meaning for the disputed issue (presence vs. consent cases differ); lab-record expectations (bench notes, QA) → Prompt 9. 7. RULE 412 / PRIOR-ALLEGATION ISSUES — admissibility posture [REQUIRES-AUTHORITY unless research supplied]; the offer-of-proof facts, anchored. 8. TRIAL IMPLICATIONS — examination approach for the complainant (dignity and discipline are strategy, not just ethics); expert needs; corroboration attack built from §2's topology. MATERIALS: [INSERT MANIFEST + CASE MATERIALS + PROMPT 46/17 OUTPUTS]
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[INSERT MANIFEST + CASE MATERIALS + PROMPT 46/17 OUTPUTS]
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