Topic: we cannot expect the child victims of violent crimes to tes… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 29 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Villalon v. State.

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1 Villalon v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 1990
green “we cannot expect the child victims of violent crimes to testify with the same clarity and ability as is expected of mature and capable adults.” 12
2 Gonzalez Soto v. State
texapp · 2008
green “courts give wide latitude to testimony given by child victims of sexual abuse.” 7
3 Villalon v. State
texcrimapp · 1990
green “reflects the important public policy that we cannot expect the child victims of violent crimes to testify with the same clarity and ability as is expected of mature and capable adults.” 5
4 Villalon v. State
texcrimapp · 1990
green “to testify with the same clarity and ability as is expected of mature and capable adults.” 5

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