Utah Supreme Court· 11/15/1983

State v. Tanner

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675 P.2d 539
1983 Utah LEXIS 1216

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holding that battered child syndrome evidence is admissible to prove non-accidental injuries when given by properly qualified expert witness
holding that evidence of specific instances of defendant's prior mistreatment of child vietim is relevant to establish specific pattern of behavior by defendant toward victim
holding that the inference need not eliminate all other possibilities that the crime may have been committed by another
holding that the inference need not eliminate all other possibilities that the crime may have been committed by another
holding that “evidence of specific instances of the defendant’s treatment of the child is relevant to establish . . . a specific pattern of behavior by the defendant toward one particular child”
holding that evidence of BCS, based on an examination of a child’s body rather than any prior conduct of defendant, is relevant to prove that the child’s injuries were not the result of an accident

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Judges: Durham, Stewart, Hall, Oaks, Howe

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