584 So. 2d 383 - Griffith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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27 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(25) Tender Years Exception. A statement made by a child of tender years describing any act of sexual contact performed with or on the child by another is admissible in evidence if: (a) the court finds, in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury, that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide substantial indicia of reliability; and (b) the child either (1) testifies at the proceedings; or (2) is unavailable as a witness: provided, that when the child is unavailable as a witness, such statement may be admitted only if there is corroborative evidence of the act.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jlww v. Clarke County Human Services · 604 So. 2d 741 - Quimby v. State

2. “whether the child declarant was particularly likely to be telling the truth when the statement was made.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 757 So. 2d 1027 - Mullins v. State · 702 So. 2d 403 - Hennington v. State

3. “(6) [i]n the case of a child, [there is] the substantial likelihood that the emotional or psychological health of the witness would be substantially impaired if the child had to testify in the physical presence of the accused.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jlww v. Clarke County Human Services · 604 So. 2d 741 - Quimby v. State