People v. Katt

How courts have described this case

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• specific statute will not be controlled or nullified by a general one regardless of priority of enactment absent clear intention other wise
• “[T]he tender-years rule prefers a child’s first statement over later statements” because, “[a]s time goes on, a child’s perceptions become more and more influenced by the reactions of the adults with whom the child speaks.”
• “[T]he tender-years rule prefers a child’s first statement over later statements” because, “[a]s time goes on, a child’s perceptions become more and more influenced by the reactions of the adults with whom the child speaks.”
• “[C]orroborative evidence may be used to determine the trustworthiness of statements [offered under the residual hearsay exceptions] . . . [if] the Confrontation Clause is not implicated.” (emphasis omitted) (citations omitted)
• “[T]he tender-years rule prefers a child’s first statement over later statements” because, “[a]s time goes on, a child’s perceptions become more and more influenced by the reactions of the adults with whom the child speaks.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).