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State v. West

Citations

  • 24 P.3d 648
  • 95 Haw. 452
  • 2001 Haw. LEXIS 212

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  • adopting preponderance of the evidence as the standard of proof a defendant must meet when seeking to prove the complaining witness made a prior false accusation of sexual assault
  • “nearly every jurisdiction addressing this question has consistently required a preliminary determination of falsity prior to the admission of allegedly false statements of unrelated sexual assaults”

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, Hifo

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