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Fla. Stat. § 90.903 (2025)
Testimony of subscribing witness unnecessary.
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90.903 Testimony of subscribing witness unnecessary.—The testimony of a subscribing witness is not necessary to authenticate a writing unless the statute requiring attestation requires it.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: Gen. Motors Acceptance v. Laesser, 718 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).
Gen. Motors Acceptance v. Laesser, 718 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). “Even if the notes qualified as recorded recollection, Section 90.903(5), Florida Statutes (1997), allows only that such evidence be read into evidence, unless offered by the adverse party.”
Conner v. State, 748 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 1999). “It is uncontroverted that but for the recently passed statute, section 90.903(24), a narrative statement by any victim of a crime to a police officer not falling into any traditional hearsay exception would be inadmissible hearsay.”
John Garcia v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2023). “At trial, the State, under the child victim hearsay exception found in section 90.903(23) of the Florida Statutes, introduced the child’s out- of-court statements to the police recounting Baugh’s acts of sexual abuse.”
Hill v. State, 643 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). “Jones is dispositive and, accordingly, we find that the trial court erred when it allowed the examining physician to testify to the child victim’s statements about the appellant’s culpability without observing the safeguards of section 90.903(23). We are aware that the trial…”
— 90.903(23) — 2 cases
John Garcia v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2023). “At trial, the State, under the child victim hearsay exception found in section 90.903(23) of the Florida Statutes, introduced the child’s out- of-court statements to the police recounting Baugh’s acts of sexual abuse.”
Hill v. State, 643 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). “Jones is dispositive and, accordingly, we find that the trial court erred when it allowed the examining physician to testify to the child victim’s statements about the appellant’s culpability without observing the safeguards of section 90.903(23). We are aware that the trial…”
— 90.903(24) — 1 case
Conner v. State, 748 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 1999). “It is uncontroverted that but for the recently passed statute, section 90.903(24), a narrative statement by any victim of a crime to a police officer not falling into any traditional hearsay exception would be inadmissible hearsay.”
— 90.903(5) — 1 case
Gen. Motors Acceptance v. Laesser, 718 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). “Even if the notes qualified as recorded recollection, Section 90.903(5), Florida Statutes (1997), allows only that such evidence be read into evidence, unless offered by the adverse party.”
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