Supreme Court of Colorado· 11/8/1982

People ex rel. O.E.P.

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654 P.2d 312
1982 Colo. LEXIS 727

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asserting that “[t]he element of trustworthiness underscoring the excited utterance exception, particularly in the case of young children, finds its source primarily in the ‘lack of capacity to fabricate rather than the lack of time to fabricate’ ”
a child of 3 years lacks the reasoned reflection to concoct a story of sexual abuse implicating the child’s mother
a child of 3 years lacks the reasoned reflection to concoct a story of sexual abuse implicating the child's mother
“a child of three years is hardly adept at the type of reasoned reflection necessary to concoct a false story relating to a bizarre sexual experience implicating the child’s mother.”
\a child of three years is hardly adept at the type of reasoned reflection necessary to concoct a false story relating to a bizarre sexual experience implicating the child's mother.\
“[t]he element of trustworthiness underscoring the excited utterance exception, particularly in the case of young children, finds its source primarily in ‘the lack of capacity to fabricate’ ”

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Judges: Quinn

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