60 Wash. 2d 196 - Benjamin v. Havens, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently April 1989
11 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 221 Mo. App. 550 - Smith v. Simpson · State v. Braniff
Most-quoted passages
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“We have heretofore, in State v. Murley, 35 Wn. (2d) 233, 236, 238, 212 P. (2d) 801 , summarized our prior holdings as follows: “When, on trial, no attempt has been made to impeach a witness’ credibility, his prior out-of-court statements consistent with his oral testimony are inadmissible. [Citing cases.] “Also, when a witness’ credibility has been assailed by prior out-of-court statements inconsistent with his in-court testimony, prior out-of-court statements consistent with his in-court testimony are excluded. . . . “. . . A witness’ prior out-of-court statements consistent with his in-court testimony are admissible for the sole purpose of re-establishing the witness’ credibility when: (1) his testimony has been assailed (2) under circumstances inferring recent fabrication of his testimony (3) when the prior out-of-court statements were made under circumstances minimizing the risk that the witness foresaw the legal consequences of his statements. [Citing cases.]” Benjamin v. Havens, Inc., 60 Wn.2d 196, 202 , 373 P.2d 109 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A record of an act, condition or event, shall in so far as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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