Legal Opinion
W.C.L. v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 9, 1984No. 82SC243PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in People ex rel. W.C.L., Jr., 650 P.2d 1302 (Colo.App.1982). The Court of Appeals affirmed the decree of delinquency entered by the Weld County District Court against W.C.L., Jr. (W.C.L.), after a jury found W.C.L. guilty of acts which if committed by an adult would constitute sexual assault on a child under section 18-3-405, 8 C.R.S. (1978). Over W.C.L.’s objections, the district court admitted into evidence out-of-court statements by the four-year-old victim under CRE 803(2) and (4): the excited…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Eneas Lavern NickCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Milton Edward BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- People v. DementSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- State v. NelsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987
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