The 2024 Florida Statutes
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. . . The following hearsay exceptions to the Florida Evidence Code apply: 90.803 Hearsay exceptions; availability . . . party and is: (a) The party's own statement in either an individual or a representative capacity[.] § 90.803 . . . Underwood's statement and offered against her, it falls within the hearsay exception set forth at section 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2016). As such, even if the statement was not made directly to Dr. . . .
. . . admitted into evidence under the business records exception to the hearsay rule, as codified in section 90.803 . . . not applied to cure the default, Green Tree next sought to admit into evidence, also under section 90.803 . . . "Once the party offering the evidence lays a predicate pursuant to section 90.803(6)(a), the burden is . . .
. . . The State sought to introduce the statement under section 90.803(24), Florida Statutes (2017), which . . . Townsend , 635 So.2d 949 (Fla. 1994), and an analysis of the section 90.803 criteria. . . .
. . . not testify and there was no attempt to introduce any out-of-court statement from her under section 90.803 . . .
. . . After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court found the statement to be admissible under sections 90.803 . . .
. . . opinions or estimates may qualify as a business record exception to the hearsay rule under section 90.803 . . . activity, and the State must either call a witness to lay the foundational requirements of section 90.803 . . . awards because the State's evidence failed to comply with the foundational requirements of section 90.803 . . . Stat. § 90.803(8) (2014) (providing that public records and reports are admissible hearsay "unless the . . . However, the State failed to properly qualify the letter as a business record pursuant to section 90.803 . . .
. . . s out-of-court statements were admitted under section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (2018), which creates . . . during the forensic interview, which was admitted under the child victim hearsay exception, section 90.803 . . . s out-of-court statements were admitted under the child hearsay exception, section 90.803(23), and not . . . regardless of whether the prior inconsistent statement is admitted under section 90.801(2)(a) or section 90.803 . . .
. . . of the print) was error under either the business records exception to the hearsay rule in section 90.803 . . .
. . . required for admissibility" of an "original or duplicate of evidence that would be admissible under s. 90.803 . . . another qualified person" setting forth the requisite factors for admission as provided in section 90.803 . . .
. . . This principle is codified within section 90.803(6) itself, which provides trial courts the ability to . . . exception where "the sources of information or other circumstances show lack of trustworthiness." § 90.803 . . . Channell , 173 So.3d at 1020 (citing §§ 90.802, 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2014) ). . . .
. . . to her recorded statement to Detective Smith, which was admitted into evidence pursuant to section 90.803 . . . minor when the victim partially recanted his videotaped statement that was admitted pursuant to section 90.803 . . . Although she later recanted, the court admitted the recorded statement under section 90.803(23). . . . CHILD VICTIM CONFIRMS THE TRUTHFULNESS OF A PRIOR OUT-OF-COURT STATEMENT ADMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 90.803 . . . A section 90.803(23) statement, for example, is based upon a legislative determination that this category . . .
. . . Section 90.803(2), Florida Statutes (2017), defines the "excited utterance" exception to the hearsay . . . To determine whether a statement qualifies as an "excited utterance" under section 90.803(2), the Florida . . . See § 90.803(2), Fla. . . . See Section 90.803(1), Florida Statutes (1981). 429 So.2d at 723 (emphasis added). . . . Thus, the First District's opinion ultimately was based not on section 90.803(2)'s "excited utterance . . .
. . . The State argues that Negron's out-of-court statements are admissible under section 90.803(3), Florida . . .
. . . analysis is to determine whether the statements fall within the excited utterance exception in section 90.803 . . .
. . . "As a general rule of law, self-serving statements are inadmissible under section 90.803(18), Florida . . .
. . . Court for the first time declined to adopt, to the extent they were procedural, amendments to section 90.803 . . . (declining to adopt chapter 98-2, section 1, Laws of Florida, amending section 90.803(22), Florida Statutes . . . State , 536 So.2d 212, 215 (Fla. 1988) (determining that section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (1985), . . .
. . . Excited Utterance-Section 90.803(2) of the Florida Statutes As explained by the Florida Supreme Court . . . , for a statement to qualify as an excited utterance under section 90.803(2) of the Florida Statutes, . . . have concluded that the statement was properly admitted as an excited utterance pursuant to section 90.803 . . .
. . . statements without first analyzing whether or not the child was in need of the protection offered by section 90.803 . . . We find that the appellant's interpretation of case law and the statutory requirements of section 90.803 . . . Because the Legislature changed the maximum age of the declarant in section 90.803(23), the appellant . . . Section 90.803 states as follows: (23) HEARSAY EXCEPTION; STATEMENT OF CHILD VICTIM.- (a) Unless the . . . The plain language of the section 90.803(23) is not unclear or ambiguous. . . .
. . . only exceptions to the hearsay rule in Florida are the ones recognized by statutes such as sections 90.803 . . .
. . . the State filed a notice of intent to introduce child hearsay statements at trial pursuant to section 90.803 . . . Third, pursuant to section 90.803(23), the State could seek to have the alleged victim testify as to . . . Section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes, provides: 90.803. . . .
. . . each part of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the hearsay rule as provided in s. 90.803 . . .
. . . erred in admitting the 911 tape because it did not meet the excited utterance exception of section 90.803 . . .
. . . (1) or an excited utterance under section 90.803(2), Florida Statutes (2016). . . . Spontaneous statement, § 90.803(1) Section 90.803(1) allows for the introduction of a hearsay statement . . . Excited utterance, § 90.803(2) Another exception to the hearsay rule is an excited utterance pursuant . . . to section 90.803(2), which provides as follows: "(2) Excited Utterance. . . . (1) and/or an excited utterance pursuant to section 90.803(2), we affirm the judgment and sentence on . . .
. . . (quoting § 90.803(8), Fla. Stat. (1999) ). . . .
. . . See § 90.803(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . RECORDS EXCEPTION It is undisputed that Ocwen's records were offered into evidence pursuant to section 90.803 . . .
. . . In its answer brief, the State also urges us to consider the applicability of sections 90.803(6) or ( . . . not persuaded that the DAVID records in this case could qualify as a hearsay exception under section 90.803 . . . even assuming that the DAVID records could have qualified as a public records exception under section 90.803 . . . inadmissible hearsay because "[e]ven if the ID qualified as a public record for the purpose of the section 90.803 . . .
. . . a notice to rely on this statement at trial as the statement of a child victim pursuant to section 90.803 . . . Jenkins does not argue that the trial court's findings were inadequate under section 90.803(23), Florida . . .
. . . See § 90.803(3)(a) 1, Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . Stat.) or statements by a defendant ( § 90.803(18), Fla. Stat.). . . .
. . . Section 90.803(6), Florida Statutes, provides that business records may be "shown by the testimony of . . . following: "(1) testimony of the records custodian or other qualified witness, pursuant to section 90.803 . . .
. . . He argues that although the trial court made findings of reliability under section 90.803(23), the court . . . Section 90.803(23)(a)1., Florida Statutes (2015), makes admissible statements of children describing . . . The court must make specific findings of fact regarding its ruling under that provision, id. § 90.803 . . .
. . . Appellant's threshold claim of error relates to the admissibility of this testimony under section 90.803 . . .
. . . . § 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . offering into evidence a certification or declaration using the "magic words" of the exception. §§ 90.803 . . . See §§ 90.803(6), 90.902(11), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . See § 90.803(23), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . R.B., 186 So.3d 544, 551 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015) (quoting § 90.803(23)(a)(1) ). . . . The trial court improperly admitted the sixteen-year-old victim's hearsay statements under section 90.803 . . . We have found no cases applying section 90.803(23) where the charge is unlawful sexual activity pursuant . . . This may be because section 90.803(23) was amended as of January 2014 to increase the age of the child . . .
. . . witness's testimony "established a sufficient foundation for the records' admissibility under section 90.803 . . . the witness's testimony met all the necessary foundational requirements for admission under section 90.803 . . .
. . . not'trustworthy and was inadmissible under the business records exception to the hearsay rule codified at section 90.803 . . . that the trial court erred in ruling that the assignment of mortgage was inadmissible under section 90.803 . . .
. . . See § 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . The business records exception, section 90.803(6), Florida Statutes (2016), allows a party to introduce . . .
. . . testimony from 4 witnesses who testified as to the victim’s out-of-court statements because section 90.803 . . .
. . . Not only are records which are routinely and frequently made by the business admissible under section 90.803 . . .
. . . well-established that a child victim’s hearsay statement which qualifies for the statutory exception in section 90.803 . . .
. . . Section 90.803(6), Florida Statutes (2014), permits the admission of business records into evidence that . . . Section 90.803(6)(a), Florida Statutes, allows for any “qualified witness” to demonstrate the personal . . . While section 90.803(6)(a) allows courts to exclude records if the circumstances indicate untrustworthiness . . .
. . . condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition,” § 90.803 . . . except when such statement is made under circumstances that indicate its lack of trustworthiness,” § 90.803 . . . consider whether the statement was, alternatively, admissible as a "spontaneous statement” under section 90.803 . . . So.2d at 951-52 (holding that statement during phone call about fight was inadmissible under section 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(1), (2), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . was] made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition.” § 90.803 . . . assuming that it was hearsay, it was still admissible under the excited utterance exception of section 90.803 . . . requires the same conclusion—the trial court decided that that the statement was admissible under section 90.803 . . .
. . . sufficient evi-dentiary foundation must be provided to admit business records over a hearsay objection, § 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(6)(a); Yisrael; Burdeshaw; Hunter v. . . .
. . . See § 90.803(2), Fla. Stat. (2013). . . . startling event ... made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event.” § 90.803 . . .
. . . who prepared a pathology report and could authenticate the report as a business record under section 90.803 . . .
. . . who prepared a pathology report and could authenticate the report as a business record under section 90.803 . . .
. . . See § 90.803(18)(d), Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . . § 90.803(8), Fla. Stat. (2015); see also Lee v. Dep't of Health & Rehab. . . . See § 90.803(8), Fla. Stat.; Yisrael, 993 So.2d at 959. The Lee case is dispositive of this issue. . . . Section 90.803(18)(b) defines an adoptive ádmission as “[a] statement that is offered against a party . . . Under section 90.803(18)(b), certain statements made or adopted by an opposing party are admissible and . . . See § 90.803(18)(b), Fla.' Stat. . . .
. . . Section 90.803(23)(a), Florida Statutes (2016), provides—under specific circumstances—for the admission . . . time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability.” § 90.803 . . . statement is admissible only if “there is other corroborative evidence of the abuse or offense.” § 90.803 . . .
. . . before trial and the defense did not make the evidence available for inspection, in violation of section 90.803 . . . notice of its intent to rely on the affidavit in its “Trial Brief’ filing and thus complied with section 90.803 . . . Section 90.803(6)(c), Florida Statutes (2015), provides in pertinent part: A party intending to offer . . . See § 90.803(6)(c), Fla! Stat. . . . .
. . . admissible either as an excited utterance (and therefore an exception to the hearsay rule, . see §■ 90.803 . . .
. . . See § 90.803(3)(a), Fla. Stat, (2015). . . .
. . . Condado’s statement within the report were subject to an exception under section 90.803. . . . Condado’s statement was an admission, and therefore admissible pursuant to . section 90.803(18)(a), we . . . [t]he party’s own statement in either an individual or a representative capacity.” § 90.803(18)(a). . . . (“If a statement is offered as substantive evidence under [section 90.803(18) ] it is not necessary to . . . (“The evidence [meeting the requirements of section 90.803(18) as an admission] is' admissible under . . .
. . . .” § 90.803(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . . made contemporaneously with the events described—may fit more neatly under the exception in section 90.803 . . . Under section 90.803(2) the statement must only relate to the event causing the excitement. . . . Section 90.803(1) is limited to statements that describe or explain the event. . . . addition, an exciting event or condition is not required for a spontaneous statement under section 90.803 . . .
. . . provided the defendant is accorded a fair opportunity to rebut any hearsay statements”); see also § 90.803 . . .
. . . See § 90.803(6)(a). . . .
. . . Florida’s business records exception to the rule against hearsay is codified in section 90.803(6), Florida . . .
. . . . § 90.803(18)(a), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . See § 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2015); Yisrael v. State, 993 So.2d 952, 956 (Fla. 2008). . . . See § 90.803(18), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . The State relies here on the exception found in section 90.803(18)(a), which allows the admission of . . . Appellant’s primary argument, however, is not whether his statement was admissible under section 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . See § 90.803(18)(a), Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . . § 90.803(6), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . testimony was not hearsay because it fell under the business records exception outlined in section 90.803 . . .
. . . Pursuant to section 90.803(6)(a), Florida Statutes (2013), in order to admit business records which would . . . admission of a business record may be established by a records custodian or other qualified witness. § 90.803 . . .
. . . See § 90.803(6), (8); see also Whitley v. State, 1 So.3d 414, 415 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). . . .
. . . .” § 90.803(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . .
. . . estimates may ■ suffice, so long as they satisfy the requirements of business records under section 90.803 . . .
. . . . § 90.803(22) (providing an exception to hearsay for former testimony); Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.330. . . .
. . . to the extent it is procedural, chapter 2014-200, section 1, Laws of Florida, which amended section 90.803 . . . Committee did not receive any comments addressing its recommendation to adopt the changes to section 90.803 . . . No comments were filed with the Court concerning the amendments to section 90.803(24). . . . Amendments to Section 90.803(24) Chapter 2014-200, section 1, Laws of Florida, amended section 90.803 . . . Evidence Code, 782 So.2d at 341-42 (declining to adopt amendments to section 90.803(22), Florida Statutes . . .
. . . Self-serving statements are generally inadmissible under section 90.803(18), Florida Statutes (2014). . . .
. . . State, 104 So.3d 990, 1000 (Fla. 2012) (citing § 90.803(18), Fla. Stat. (2007)). . . . Neither section 90.803 nor section 90.108 has been substantially altered since 1997, the year of these . . .
. . . One statutory exception to hearsay is the business records exception. § 90.803(6). . . . . § 90.803(6)(a). . . . .” § 90.803(6)(c), The bank records here were clearly hearsay—they were statements made by the husband . . . The question before us is whether either Rule 12.285 (relied upon by the trial court) or section 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(6)(a). . . .
. . . See § 90.803(18) (authorizing admission of a statement "that is offered against a party and is... . . .
. . . Section 90.803(24), Florida Statutes, creates a hearsay exception for “out-of-court statements] made . . . Id. § 90.803(24)(a)l. . . . Id. § 90.803(24)(b). . . . Id. § 90.803(24)(a)2. B. . . . Stat. (2015); see also § 90.803(24)(a)2, and it does not reach the circumstance in which a declarant . . .
. . . He maintains that this testimony was admissible pursuant to section 90.803 of the Florida Statutes (2012 . . . Section 90.803(22) provides: 90.803. . . . The defendant challenges this ruling, asserting error based on the court’s failure to address section 90.803 . . .
. . . “business records” can be admissible in evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule under section 90.803 . . . (citing § 90.803(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2004)). . . . See § 90.803(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . .
. . . and reliable, the trial court satisfied what the statute and our precedents require for purposes of § 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(23), Fla. Stat. . . . No statute or case, for instance, deems hearsay statements unfit for purposes of § 90.803(23) simply . . . My point is not that his trial remedied a § 90.803(23) evidentiary error (it didn’t, and wouldn’t even . . . See § 90.803(23)(a)(l); Townsend, 635 So.2d at 957-58. . . . .” § 90.803(23)(a)(1).... . . . Section 90.803(23)(a), Florida Statutes (2012), provides in pertinent part that “[u]nless the source . . . In addition to the factors suggested in section 90.803(23)(a)l., “[ojther factors may include, but are . . . A trial court must make specific findings of fact on the record as to the basis of its ruling. § 90.803 . . . “[I]t is essential that the trustworthiness and reliability requirements of section 90.803(23) be strictly . . . In 1985, the Legislature enacted section 90.803(23), creating a hearsay exception for a child victim’ . . . Townsend, 635 So.2d at 954; see also § 90.803(23)(a)(2), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . See, e.g., § 90.803(1), Fla. . . . There are no bright lines between orders that satisfy section 90.803(23)’s strict requirements and those . . .
. . . conclude that Senobi’s statement was properly admitted because it was an “excited utterance,” see § 90.803 . . .
. . . We nonetheless affirmed because we concluded the state had laid a proper predicate under section 90.803 . . . been vital to proving a “business record” exception to the hearsay rule as contemplated in section 90.803 . . .
. . . record, or data compilation, all as shown by the testimony of the custodian or other qualified witness § 90.803 . . .
. . . Later in the trial, the State sought to introduce, under the child hearsay rule in section 90.803(23) . . . And the responses' by the alleged victim are sufficient to warrant the Court’s allowing in 90.803(23) . . . Section 90.803(23), Florida Statutes (2016), sets forth the standard for admitting hearsay statements . . . Section 90.803(23) provides a non-exhaustive list of factors for ’ the trial court to consider. § 90.803 . . . See § 90.803(23)(a)2., Fla. Stat. . . . 659 So.2d 388, 392 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995) (failure to make findings of reliability required by section 90.803 . . . State, 618 So.2d 346, 349 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993) (insufficient findings under section 90.803(23), Florida . . .
. . . statement would have been hearsay, but still admissible as an admission against interest under section 90.803 . . .
. . . that it intended to offer both statements at trial as child hearsay statements pursuant to section 90.803 . . . Section 90.803(23)(a), Florida Statutes (2015), sets forth the standard for admitting hearsay statements . . . unavailable as a witness, provided that there is other corroborative evidence of the abuse or offense. § 90.803 . . .
. . . the requisite foundational questions for admission of the documents as business records under section 90.803 . . .
. . . See § 90.803(18), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . See § 90.803(1), Fla. Stat. (2014) (“[T]he following are not inadmissible as evidence ... . . .
. . . . § 90.803(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2014). The trial court agreed. . . .
. . . .’ § 90.803(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2003).”). . . . .
. . . Section 90.803(6)(a) sets out the business records exception and reads, in part: (6) Records of regularly . . . witness, ... unless the sources of information or other circumstances show lack of trustworthiness .... § 90.803 . . .
. . . . § 90.803(23), Fla. . . .
. . . argue this issue, we also note that the recorded recollection exception to hearsay codified at section 90.803 . . . possessed of an imperfect present recollection and desires to use a memorandum or a past recollection.”); § 90.803 . . .
. . . See §§ 90.803(8) & (14), Fla. Stat. (2015); see also Sproule v. . . .
. . . Out-of-court statements of a child witness are permitted as an exception to hearsay under section 90.803 . . . unavailable as a witness, provided that there is other corroborative evidence of the abuse or offense.... § 90.803 . . .
. . . regularly conducted business activity and therefore admissible under the hearsay exception of section 90.803 . . . of objection to the evidence, but the court for good cause shown may grant relief from the waiver. § 90.803 . . .
. . . from a .height several feet off the ground are admissible as an exception to hearsay under section 90.803 . . . Section 90.803(4), states: (4) Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment.- — Statements . . . Charles Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 90.803(4), at 883 (2011 ed.). . . . such summary judgment evidence as proper, even if the trial court did not. , As noted below, section 90.803 . . . knowledge of the facts and is legally responsible for the person who is unable to communicate the facts.” § 90.803 . . .