Key legal question
Whether failing to request a credibility expert for the complainant violated the right to effective defense.
Extracted holding
No. The psychiatric report did not raise serious doubts about the complainant's ability or willingness to testify truthfully, and the defense counsel's omission was within tactical discretion.
Extracted reasoning
A credibility expert is exceptional and only needed where concrete circumstances create medical or psychological doubt about testimonial capacity. The report described the complainant as generally psychologically healthy and cognitively capable; the lower court also independently assessed the testimony's credibility.