Justice LONG delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal we address several recurring issues in criminal law. The first is what standard to apply where a child sex abuse victim's taped statement is lost. In particular, defendant asks us to establish a per se rule of exclusion in such circumstances, a request that we decline. Instead we reaffirm the totality of circumstances standard as the appropriate benchmark for the admissibility of a tender years statement...
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