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· 12/16/1997

Braxton v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 493 S.E.2d 688
  • 26 Va. App. 176
  • 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 758

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding trial court did not err when admitting an excited utterance, even though the record did \not establish how much time elapsed\ between the event and the statement
  • “[I]n the case of statements -6- made by young children, the element of trustworthiness underscoring the spontaneous and excited utterance exception finds its source primarily in the child’s lack of capacity to fabricate such a story.” (alteration in original
  • appellant has the burden to prove the trial court erred

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Judges: Elder

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