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· 12/5/2006

People v. Oehrke

Citations

  • 860 N.E.2d 416
  • 307 Ill. Dec. 762
  • 369 Ill. App. 3d 63
  • 2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 1108

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that a victim’s identification of her attacker to medical personnel did not fall within “the medical diagnosis and treatment hearsay exception”
  • “In Falaster and Morgan, the courts recognized intrafamily sexual abuse of a child creates unique psychological harm that requires special treatment.”
  • “We decline to broaden the terms of the medical diagnosis and treatment exception by judicial fiat, ‘lest the exception swallow a rule that has served so well for so long.’ [Citation.]”

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Judges: Wolfson

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