Court of Appeals of Iowa· 6/15/2011

State v. Neitzel

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801 N.W.2d 612
2011 Iowa App. LEXIS 399
2011 WL 2419881

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recognizing only exception is rare circumstance where the testimony is “absurd, impossible, or self-contradictory”
discussing the steps taken by health care professionals to ensure truthfulness and the need to assess safety risks and the child’s need for further counseling
finding a child’s hearsay statements about sexual abuse were admissible under the residual exception after the child could not remember the events at trial
finding no need to determine admissibility of the child’s statements to a parent, as the statements were “merely cumulative and therefore not prejudicial”
finding the admission of hearsay testimony that was “merely cumulative” was not prejudicial
noting, among other considerations, the age-appropriate and non-leading questions asked by the interviewer

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Judges: Huitink, Swaran, Tabor, Takes, Vogel

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