United States v. Bahe

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing a common law exception to the federal spousal 13 privilege for “testimony relating to the abuse of a minor child within the household” 14 because “[c]hild abuse is a horrendous crime”
• creating “an exception to the marital communications privilege for spousal testimony relating to the abuse of a minor child within the household”
• creating “an exception to the marital communications privilege for spousal testimony relating to the abuse of a minor child within the household”
• extending exception to cover offense against an 11-year-old relative visiting the home
• “We believe the accepted norm in this country is that intimate sex acts between marriage partners are communication and an important expression of love.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).