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State v. Binion

Citations

  • 947 S.W.2d 867
  • 1996 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 476

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  • holding that statements made thirty to forty-five minutes after the startling event were admissible as an excited utterance when the victim was upset and crying and looked scared
  • stating that the victim’s testimony reflected that the touching was purposeful and not accidental
  • allowing impeachment with drug conviction and concluding, without discussion, that it was probative of credibility
  • upholding trial court’s dismissal of defendant’s especially aggravated kidnapping conviction where the defendant was also convicted of attempted aggravated rape
  • Victim’s statements to two of her friends that were made thirty to forty-five minute after the attempted rape were admissible as excited utterances where evidence supported a finding that the victim continued to exhibit the stress and excitement of the event

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Judges: Paul G. Summers

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