California Court of Appeal

PEOPLE v. TATUM, B155958

The trial court did not err in admitting the videotaped statement of a deceased victim pursuant to the Elder and Dependent Adults exception to the hearsay rule, set forth in Evidence Code section 1380, where those statements were both trustworthy and reliable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2003
• Published 04/29/2003

Judges

• ARMSTRONG, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Brett Harding Duxbury, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Montrose, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan D. Martynec, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Alan D. Tate, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.