Legal Opinion

A.S.W. v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1992No. S-4181PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*802OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

D.W. appeals the superior court’s determination that his two daughters, A.S.W. and E.W., are “children in need of aid.” He maintains that the superior court erred in admitting a videotaped interview with A.S.W. under the “catch-all” exception to the hearsay rule because the videotape lacks the necessary guarantees of trustworthiness. He also contends that his daughter’s videotaped statement unreasonably curtailed his constitutional right to confront his accuser. Because we conclude that the superior court properly admitted A.S.W.’s videotaped interview, we affirm the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Hawley v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Thorne v. Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1989

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