242 Ga. App. 13 - Kight v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
April 2012
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. State · 195 Ga. App. 463 - Grant v. State · 201 Ga. App. 238 - Gregg v. State · Robinson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) the atmosphere and circumstances under which the statement was made (including the time, the place, and the people present thereat); (2) the spontaneity of the child’s statement to the persons present; (3) the child’s age; (4) the child’s general demeanor; (5) the child’s condition (physical or emotional); (6) the presence or absence of threats or promise of benefits; (7) the presence or absence of drugs or alcohol; (8) the child’s general credibility; (9) the presence or absence of any coaching by parents or other third parties before or at the time of the child’s statement, and the type of coaching and circumstances surrounding the same; and, the nature of the child’s statement and type of language used therein; and (10) the consistency between repeated out-of-court statements by the child. 3”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]ppellant had every conceivable opportunity to examine and cross-examine the child in the presence of the jury, regarding the child’s memory of and the circumstances surrounding [her] making of each of the out-of-court statements in question, and had the opportunity to allow the jury to judge the child’s demeanor in response to any examination or cross-examination about the alleged making and veracity of these previous statements. This procedure provided an additional safeguard to appellant’s right of fair trial, and provided appellant full opportunity for confrontation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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