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· 9/21/1990

Doe v. Dewhirst

Citations

  • 396 S.E.2d 840
  • 240 Va. 266
  • 1990 Va. LEXIS 120

How courts have described this case

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  • “The presumption of incapacity [for a ten-year-old infant] is overcome when the evidence shows that a reasonable person of like age, intelligence, and experience would understand the danger of his conduct under the same or similar circumstances.”

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Judges: Carrico, Compton, Stephenson, Russell, Whiting, Lacy, Cochran

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