Supreme Court of Vermont· 10/16/1998
State v. Cameron
Citations
- 721 A.2d 493
- 168 Vt. 421
- 1998 Vt. LEXIS 346
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- affirming defendant’s conviction for lewd and lascivious conduct based on victim’s testimony that “defendant rubbed her between the legs ‘in the front’ where ‘I go to the bathroom’ ”
- affirming defendant’s conviction for lewd and lascivious conduct based on victim’s testimony that “defendant rubbed her between the legs fin the front’ where T go to the bathroom’ ”
- finding no lack of confrontation in otherwise admissible video testimony of child complainant when defendant failed to “explain why the jury was less able to judge the credibility of the children [witnesses] through their videotaped trial testimony”
- videotaped pretrial direct testimony and cross-examination of child victims also satisfied defendant's 804a(a)(3) confrontation rights regarding victims' hearsay statements later admitted through other witnesses at trial
- videotaped pretrial direct testimony and cross-examination of child victims also satisfied defendant’s 804a(a)(3) confrontation rights regarding victims’ hearsay statements later admitted through other witnesses at trial
- “[SJurely [Rule 804a] must be allowed to support a conviction when the child’s in-court testimony is insufficient to establish the elements of the offense. Otherwise, the only time it would apply would be when it was needed least — when the child was able to describe the abuse in court.”
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Judges: Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. OscarsonSupreme Court of Vermont· 2004-01-16· cited 69×
- DeSantis v. PeguesSupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-10-07· cited 20×
- State v. TesterSupreme Court of Vermont· 2006-03-08· cited 14×
- Nichols v. RetreatSupreme Court of Vermont· 2009-01-23· cited 6×
- State v. CarrionSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-09-30
- RAB Performance Recoveries v. SwansonVermont Superior Court· 2010-10-20
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 4,761×
- Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,040×
- Coy v. IowaSupreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,295×
- United States v. Richard StevensThird Circuit· 1991-06-12· cited 257×
- State v. JarzbekSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-08-11· cited 129×
- Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-04-24· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. WillisKentucky Supreme Court· 1986-10-16· cited 68×
- State v. GregaSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-10-07· cited 66×
- State v. BruyetteSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-01-10· cited 50×
- State v. GallagherSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-08-26· cited 50×
- State v. RobarSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-09-27· cited 34×
- State v. MarcySupreme Court of Vermont· 1996-03-22· cited 27×
- In re P.M.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-03-29· cited 26×
- State v. WestSupreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-01· cited 19×
- State v. GilmanSupreme Court of Vermont· 1992-03-27· cited 17×
- State v. VerrinderSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-12-27· cited 15×
- Miner v. ChaterSupreme Court of Vermont· 1979-06-05· cited 13×
- In Re ShequinSupreme Court of Vermont· 1973-02-06· cited 13×
- In re C.K.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-12-15· cited 11×
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-11-07· cited 9×
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