California Court of Appeal

Where defendant has not shown any reason why a child-victim's statement to the treating doctor and nurse should be considered unreliable or untrustworthy, it is admissable under Evidence Code section 1253 and is not barred the Confrontation Clause nor the hearsay rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2003
• Published 02/10/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Patrick E. DuNah, San Diego, and Amanda F. Doerrer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gil P. Gonzalez  and Sharon L. Rhodes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.