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District attorney describes long appellate fight over child‑victim testimony; Supreme Court review followed Hazeltine rule arguments
Summary
The district attorney briefed the committee on a child sexual‑assault prosecution that moved through postconviction hearings, appeals and ultimately a state Supreme Court oral argument over admissibility and expert testimony about truthfulness.
The Dunn County district attorney updated the Judicial and Law Committee about a child sexual‑assault case that progressed through postconviction review and the state appellate system to the Supreme Court.
The district attorney described the case as a difficult file in which the victim, who had a troubled family background and attempted suicide, gave a forensic interview that was played at trial because she was under age 12. At trial, one juror questioned how often…
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