Leonard Reed v. John Thalacker, Warden, and State of Iowa

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• recognizing that some courts allow a longer time period between the event and the statement when a young child alleges sexual abuse
• recognizing the possibility that defense counsel’s continuous objections to similar hearsay testimony may have constituted a standing objection, in which case the issue would have been preserved for appeal
• stating young children are less likely to fabricate claims of sexual abuse because they are unfamiljgy with the subject matter
• questioning the rationale for applying the excited utterance exception differently for children and adults
• questioning the rationale for applying the excited utterance exception differently for children and adults
• erroneous admission of hearsay statements through two witnesses was not harmless error when similar hearsay statement was properly admitted through one other witness

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