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State v. Wood

Citations

  • 758 P.2d 530
  • 52 Wash. App. 159
  • 1988 Wash. App. LEXIS 390

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  • liberally construing exception to privilege in order to further legislative policy of protecting children from abuse
  • liberally interpreting the “parent or guardian” exception to the statutory privileges; permitting a wife, without husband’s consent, to testify against husband accused of molesting neighbor girl as to whom he occupied a position of trust

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Judges: Pekelis, Scholfield, Webster

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