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child victim hearsay exception in Florida

9 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 1997–2023 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Baugh v. Stategreen
fla · 2007 · cited in 3 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2008–2023
2 sentences

2019A. No. In Baugh v. State, 961 So. 2d 198, 204 (Fla. 2007), a case also involving “the admission of pretrial statements as substantive evidence under the child victim hearsay exception[,]” the Florida Supreme Court repeated the established principle that “a prior inconsistent statement standing alone is insufficient as a matter of law to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”5 (quoting State v. Green, 667 So. 2d 5 The State suggests that this rule is inapplicable because M.H.’s out-of-court statements were admitted under the child hearsay exception, section 90.803(23), and not as prior inconsi

2008As in Baugh v. State , the present case "involves the admission of pretrial statements as substantive evidence under the child victim hearsay exception in section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (2001), after the child recanted the pretrial statements during her in-trial testimony." 961 So.2d 198, 202 (Fla.2007).

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White v. Illinoisgreen
scotus · 1992 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1997–1997
2 sentences

1997See also White v. Illinois, 502 U.S. 346, 355-56 , 112 S.Ct. 736, 742-43 , 116 L.Ed.2d 848 ; Idaho v. Wright, 497 U.S. 805, 820-21 , 110 S.Ct. 3139, 3149-50 , 111 L.Ed.2d 638 (1990). [3] The child victim hearsay exception is not a firmly rooted exception to the hearsay rule.

1997See also White v. Illinois, 502 U.S. 346, 355-56 , 112 S.Ct. 736, 742-43 , 116 L.Ed.2d 848 ; Idaho v. Wright, 497 U.S. 805, 820-21 , 110 S.Ct. 3139, 3149-50 , 111 L.Ed.2d 638 (1990). [3] The child victim hearsay exception is not a firmly rooted exception to the hearsay rule.

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Perez v. Stategreen
fla · 1988 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1997–1997
1 sentence

1997Perez v. State, 536 So.2d 206, 209 (Fla.1988). [4] *466 In analyzing the reliability of the excited utterance it is important to consider the reasoning which allows its admission.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (10)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Townsend green
fla · 1994
2 sentences

2003The court distinguished section 90.803(24) from section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (1995), the child victim hearsay exception, that it had upheld against constitutional attack in State v. Townsend, 635 So.2d 949 (Fla.1994).

2003The court approved the admission of the inconsistent statements as substantive evidence *765 once they satisfied the strict reliability safeguards set out in section 90.803(23) and refined in such cases as State v. Townsend, 635 So.2d 949 (Fla.1994); Pardo v. State, 596 So.2d 665 (Fla.1992); and Glendening v. State, 536 So.2d 212 (Fla.1988).

31998–2003
Fisel v. Wynns green
fla · 1996
1 sentence

2019Although M.H.’s out-of-court statements, standing alone, are insufficient to prove Mendez’s guilt with respect to the molestation charge, statements admitted under the child victim hearsay exception may be used “as substantive evidence when other proper corroborating evidence is submitted.” Green, 667 So. 2d at 761 .

12019–2019
State v. Moore green
fla · 1986
1 sentence

2019Although the rule set forth in Baugh originated from State v. Moore, 485 So. 2d 1279 (Fla. 1986), which only addressed the sufficiency of prior inconsistent statements, Moore’s holding has been expanded to address the sufficiency of evidence admitted under the child hearsay exception.

12019–2019
Baugh v. State green
fladistctapp · 2003
1 sentence

2007Additionally, the Second District certified the original question above to this Court based on a perceived "need for clarification of some of these issues." Id. [2] ANALYSIS The instant case is similar to Beber v. State, 887 So.2d 1248 (Fla.2004), because like Beber this case involves the admission of pretrial statements as substantive evidence under the child victim hearsay exception in section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (2001), after the child recanted the pretrial statements during her in-trial testimony.

12007–2007
Beber v. State green
fla · 2004
1 sentence

2007Additionally, the Second District certified the original question above to this Court based on a perceived "need for clarification of some of these issues." Id. [2] ANALYSIS The instant case is similar to Beber v. State, 887 So.2d 1248 (Fla.2004), because like Beber this case involves the admission of pretrial statements as substantive evidence under the child victim hearsay exception in section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (2001), after the child recanted the pretrial statements during her in-trial testimony.

12007–2007
Pardo v. State green
fla · 1992
1 sentence

2003The court approved the admission of the inconsistent statements as substantive evidence *765 once they satisfied the strict reliability safeguards set out in section 90.803(23) and refined in such cases as State v. Townsend, 635 So.2d 949 (Fla.1994); Pardo v. State, 596 So.2d 665 (Fla.1992); and Glendening v. State, 536 So.2d 212 (Fla.1988).

12003–2003
Glendening v. State green
fla · 1988
1 sentence

2003The court approved the admission of the inconsistent statements as substantive evidence *765 once they satisfied the strict reliability safeguards set out in section 90.803(23) and refined in such cases as State v. Townsend, 635 So.2d 949 (Fla.1994); Pardo v. State, 596 So.2d 665 (Fla.1992); and Glendening v. State, 536 So.2d 212 (Fla.1988).

12003–2003
State v. Green green
fla · 1995
2 sentences

1997The Florida Supreme Court recently reaffirmed this rule in State v. Green, 667 So.2d 756 (Fla.1995), a case in which the victim's prior inconsistent statements could have been admitted under the child victim hearsay exception, section 90.803, Florida Statutes (1989).

1997Still, the court held such evidence, standing alone, would have been insufficient to sustain the conviction. 667 So.2d at 760-761 .

11997–1997
Andreu v. State neutral
fladistctapp · 1997
1 sentence

1997The only case argued by the defendant on rehearing which does not deal with a child victim hearsay statement is Andreu v. State, 696 So.2d 1220 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).

11997–1997
Idaho v. Wright green
scotus · 1990
2 sentences

1997See also White v. Illinois, 502 U.S. 346, 355-56 , 112 S.Ct. 736, 742-43 , 116 L.Ed.2d 848 ; Idaho v. Wright, 497 U.S. 805, 820-21 , 110 S.Ct. 3139, 3149-50 , 111 L.Ed.2d 638 (1990). [3] The child victim hearsay exception is not a firmly rooted exception to the hearsay rule.

1997See also White v. Illinois, 502 U.S. 346, 355-56 , 112 S.Ct. 736, 742-43 , 116 L.Ed.2d 848 ; Idaho v. Wright, 497 U.S. 805, 820-21 , 110 S.Ct. 3139, 3149-50 , 111 L.Ed.2d 638 (1990). [3] The child victim hearsay exception is not a firmly rooted exception to the hearsay rule.

11997–1997

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 90.803 (8) FL § 90.801 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

FL 9 (1997–2023) WA 2 (1999–1999)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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