Topic: child victims of sexual crimes are afforded great latitude … · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 19 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 Hiatt v. State.

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1 Hiatt v. State Anchor
texapp · 2010
green “child victims of sexual crimes are afforded great latitude when testifying and they are not expected to testify with the same clarity and ability as is expected of a mature and capable adult.” 6
2 Hiatt v. State
texapp · 2010
green “not expected to testify with the same clarity and ability as is expected of a mature and capable adult.” 5
3 White v. State
texapp · 1997
green “prevents corroboration, contradiction, and the influencing of witnesses.” 4
4 Russell v. State
texcrimapp · 2005
green “question in assessing the harm of allowing peavy to remain in the courtroom is whether she was influenced in her testimony by the testimony she heard.” 4

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