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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 362 S.E.2d 330
  • 178 W. Va. 519
  • 1987 W. Va. LEXIS 620

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  • no prejudice shown in allowing seven-year-old victim to testify while sitting on foster mother’s lap
  • an admissible excited utterance must have been made by “one who either participated in the transaction or witnessed the act or fact concerning which the declaration or statement was made.”
  • 7-year-old seated on foster mother’s lap

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Judges: Neely

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