Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 9/29/1997

State v. Burroughs

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492 S.E.2d 408
328 S.C. 489
1997 S.C. App. LEXIS 126

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explaining that the former res gestae exception had the same temporal requirement as the excited utterance exception
noting that separate issues should be set forth and argued separately rather than lumped together under a single, broad issue
holding testimony of nurse and officer regarding victim’s statements that were made to them nearly ten hours after sexual assault was not admissible under present sense impression exception to hearsay rule
Certainly, a statement that the victim had been raped or that the assailant had hurt the victim in a particular area would be pertinent to the diagnosis and treatment of the victim.
nurse's testimony that rape victim told her defendant had asked if he could hug victim before he assaulted her was not admissible under Rule 803(4), as statement \in no way can be viewed as 'reasonably pertinent' to victim's diagnosis or treatment\

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Judges: Howell, Hearn, Stilwell

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