Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Baker v. United States

492 U.S. 908

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-06-26
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that expert’s improper testimony that in her opinion child’s father was person who committed sexual battery upon child was not preserved for appellate review where there was no contemporaneous objection at trial, nor was it fundamental error
  • finding no fundamental error where two psychologists vouched for the credibility of the sex crime victim
  • court applies Ohio v. Roberts test in considering admission of hearsay and videotape child sexual abuse testimony
  • state law copyright governed pre-1948 radio broadcasts

Citator

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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.