625 So. 2d 821 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The provision of s. 90.802 to the contrary notwithstanding, the following are not inadmissible as evidence, even though the declarant is available as a witness: .... (23)HEARSAY EXCEPTION; STATEMENT OF CHILD VICTIM. (a) Unless the source of information or the method or circumstances by which the statement is reported indicates a lack of trustworthiness, an out-of-court statement made by a child victim with a physical, mental, emotional, or developmental age of 11 or less describing any act of child abuse or neglect, any act of sexual abuse against a child, the offense of child abuse, the offense of aggravated child abuse, or any offense involving an unlawful sexual act, contact, intrusion, or penetration performed in the presence of, with, by, or on the declarant child, not otherwise admissible, is admissible in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding if: 1. The court finds in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability. In making its determination, the court may consider the mental and physical age and maturity of the child, the nature and duration of the abuse or offense, the relationship of the child to the offender, the reliability of the assertion, the reliability of the child victim, and any other factor deemed appropriate; and 2. The child either: a. Testifies; or b. Is unavailable as a witness, provided that there is other corroborative evidence of the”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 701 So. 2d 1155 - Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. M.B. · 701 So. 2d 1155 - Dhrs v. Mb

2. “— Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment by a person seeking the diagnosis or treatment, ... which statements describe medical history, past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inceptions or general character of the cause or external source thereof, insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 640 So. 2d 151 - Lages v. State · 718 So. 2d 1266 - Corpus v. State

3. “clearly [being] the Florida Legislature's response to the need to establish special protections for child victims in the judicial system.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 748 So. 2d 950 - Conner v. State · 701 So. 2d 1155 - Dhrs v. Mb