Legal Opinion
State ex rel. A.R.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 11, 2018No. A–67 September Term 2016; 078672PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
**85In the sexual assault trial of fourteen-year-old Alex, the family court admitted into evidence pursuant to N.J.R.E. 803(c)(27) -the tender-years exception to the hearsay rule-the video-recorded statement that seven-year-old John gave to police, in which he alleged that Alex had sexually touched him on a school bus.1 John, **86who suffers from severe developmental disabilities, who during out-of-court and in-court questioning was unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality, and who was declared incompetent as a witness by the court, was permitted to testify pursuant to the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- State v. EldersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2007
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3Cited by11 opinions
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