State v. Ramos

203 N.J. Super. 197 (1985)

496 A.2d 386

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF,

v.

ANGEL RAMOS, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Criminal, Union County.

Decided April 22, 1985.

Harold C. Knox, Assistant Prosecutor for State (John H. Stamler, Pros., Union County).

Robert T. Norton, for Defendant (Norton and DeRose, attorney).

MENZA, J.S.C.

The question presented in this case is whether various statements made by an infant victim of a sexual assault to her mother after the occurrences of the alleged assaults are admissible as either fresh complaints, spontaneous utterances, or both.

The facts…