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· 1/18/1978

State v. Jalette

Citations

  • 382 A.2d 526
  • 119 R.I. 614
  • 1978 R.I. LEXIS 600

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that evidence of other sexual misconduct is “uniquely apt to arouse the jury’s hostility”
  • recognizing that evidence of other sexual misconduct is \uniquely apt to arouse the jury's hostility\
  • “Assuming that evidence of other crimes will be admitted, attention should be paid to the manner in which this evidence is presented to the jury.”
  • explaining that prosecution’s failure to introduce demeanor evidence precluded a finding of excited utterance
  • explaining that prosecution’s failure to introduce demeanor evidence precluded a finding of excited utterance
  • complaining witness’s statement made more than a day after alleged sexual assault “stretches the [excited] utterance exception far beyond its - 13 - breaking point” when prosecution failed to show statement was spontaneous response to stress of event

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Judges: Bevilacqua, Paolino, Joslin, Kelleher, Doris

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