50 Wash. App. 709 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(1) The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of reliability; and (2) The child either: (a) Testifies at the proceedings; or (b) Is unavailable as a witness: Provided, That when the child is unavailable as a witness, such statement may be admitted only if there is corroborative evidence of the act....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Petry

2. “Corroborative evidence can include any evidence, outside of the complainant's testimony itself, which has probative value-any evidence which could convince the trier of fact that the crime was committed, ... and which tends to connect the defendant to the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Petry

3. “'evidence of sufficient circumstances which would support a logical and reasonable inference' that the act of abuse described in the hearsay statement occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Petry