Legal Opinion
State v. Vosika
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided January 14, 1987No. C 84-02-30610; CA A36528PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*300VAN HOOMISSEN, J.
Defendant appeals her convictions for sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. ORS 163.405; ORS 163.425. She contends that the trial court erred in failing to observe the victim personally in order to assess the victim’s competency to testify, in excluding witnesses from the courtroom and in admitting hearsay evidence identifying her as the abuser. We reverse and remand.
In November, 1983, the three-year old victim was returned to her foster mother after a three-day visit with her mother, who is the defendant in this case. The child asked her foster…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- State v. MiddletonOregon Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
- State v. CampbellOregon Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. BostonOhio Supreme Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. SanfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- State v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1993
- State v. VosikaCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1987
- State v. NewbyCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1989
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