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· 11/25/1987

State v. Loughton

Citations

  • 747 P.2d 426
  • 71 Utah Adv. Rep. 5
  • 1987 Utah LEXIS 812
  • 1987 WL 1892

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that videotaped testimony of an alleged child abuse victim \made nearer to the time of the incident and removed from the pressure of a courtroom situation [can] be the most accurate account{[ ] of the incident available\
  • stating that sections 76-5-410 and -411 are \extraordinary rules of evidence [that] allow otherwise-inadmissible evidence to be used in trying a person charged with sexual abuse of a child\ (emphasis added)
  • stating that sections 76-5-410 and - 411 are “extraordinary rules of evidence [that] allow otherwise-inadmissible evidence to be used in trying a person charged with sexual abuse of a child” (emphasis added)
  • observing that out-of-court statements made by child victims of sexual abuse regarding the incidents provide more accurate accounts of the incident because they are “made nearer to the time of the incident and removed from the pressure of a courtroom situation”
  • section 76-5-411 is an extraordinary rule of evidence which allows “otherwise-inadmissible evidence to be used in trying a person charged with sexual abuse of a child”
  • section 76-5-411 is an extraordinary rule of evidence which allows \otherwise-inadmissible evidence to be used in trying a person charged with sexual abuse of a child\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Howe, Hall, Durham, Zimmerman, Stewart

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