Legal Opinion
State v. Hutchinson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided June 12, 1984No. 2 CA-CR 3251PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIRDSALL, Chief Judge.
The appellant was found guilty by a jury of two counts of sexual assault (rape) and kidnapping. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of seven years on each of the three crimes.
On appeal he contends that the trial court committed reversible error in:
1) Precluding evidence of an alleged unsubstantiated rape charge made by the victim some six years earlier, and
2) Admitting alleged hearsay of a statement the victim made to a police officer.
A statement of the facts is necessary to our discussion of these issues. We relate the evidence in the context most favorable to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. AdamsonArizona Supreme Court · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Pope v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. DemosWashington Supreme Court · 1980
- Little v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Roundtree v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Clinebell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Covington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
- State v. GuentherSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2004
- Wallace v. Casa Grande Union High School District No. 82Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1995
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