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· 2/20/1996

State v. Redman

Citations

  • 916 S.W.2d 787
  • 1996 Mo. LEXIS 10
  • 1996 WL 72658

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that, generally, trial error are not cognizable in postconviction proceedings
  • noting abuse of discretion standard for reviewing the trial court’s decision to admit out-of-court statements under section 491.075
  • “in assessing content-reliability, courts should not place undue emphasis on the particular vocabulary used by a child but must determine whether knowledge of the subject matter described by the child is unexpected of a child of similar age”
  • the child related the incidents shortly after they occurred
  • victim “related the incidents voluntarily, without prompting ”

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Judges: Robertson

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