484 So. 2d 894 - State v. Simmons’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““A very young child raped by an adult standing in the position of parent, caretaker or friend cannot be expected to immediately come forward with a complete and exact report of the event. The courts have recognized that the child may be unable to speak about the incident until she considers herself safely in the presence of a compassionate adult whom she can trust. Because the child has no clear understanding of what has been done to her, her 'original complaint’ often consists of responses to the questioning of a patient, persistent adult who draws the child’s story from her.” State v. Simmons, 484 So.2d 894 , at page 897 (La.App. 1 Cir.1986).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Burt · 554 So. 2d 1281 - State v. Odom

2. “when the particular facts and circumstances of the case indicate that it was a product of a shocking episode and not a fabrication. The original complaint of the young child is the statement made at the first reasonable opportunity under the particular facts and circumstances of the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 502 So. 2d 1114 - State v. Gray