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State v. Terry

Citations

  • 520 P.2d 1397
  • 10 Wash. App. 874
  • 1974 Wash. App. LEXIS 1516

How courts have described this case

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  • stating in dicta, the excited utterance exception will not be extended where the statement \relates merely to an event which is not established except by the hearsay testimony itself\
  • stating in dicta, the excited utterance exception will not be extended where the statement “relates merely to an event which is not established except by the hearsay testimony itself”
  • testimony of pathologist, who exhibited confusion concerning the meaning of “rea sonable medical certainty” and would only testify as to the “more probable than not” cause of death, satisfied the standard
  • pathologist who stated he could not give an opinion on the cause of death with \reasonable medical certainty” could testify that a particular cause of death was \more probable than not”, satisfying the standard
  • admissibility of medical expert testimony on cause of death

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Judges: Swanson

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