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Videotaped Interview, § 908.08(3) — Satisfying Requirement Child Understands “False Statements Are Punishable”
State v. Jimmie R.R., 2000 WI App 5, 232 Wis.2d 138, 606 N.W.2d 196
For Jimmie R.R.: Martha K. Askins, SPD, Madison Appellate
Issue: Whether the state sufficiently showed that the child understood that false statements were punishable so as to justify admissibility of her videotaped interview under § 908.08(3).
Holding: The admissibility statute, § 908.08(3), was satisfied, even though compliance wasn’t express.
Defendant argues that the state failed to establish a threshold requirement imposed for admissibility of a videotaped statement by a child under § 908.08(3),