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U.S. v Hughes, 52 M.J. 278

Decided Mar 10, 2000 · No. 98-1129/AF · 2000 Term · Opinion (PDF)

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Core Criminal Law Subjects: Witnesses: Child Witness

  1. despite a finding by the military judge that child would not understand the significance of testifying truthfully in a judicial proceeding, the military judge’s ruling that the child’s pretrial statements were admissible hearsay constituted implicit finding that child was capable of receiving just impressions of the facts and relating them truly
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