McGowan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 918 So. 2d 828 - Elkins v. State

2. “[t]he local jurisdiction of all offenses, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be in the county where committed. But, if on the trial the evidence makes it doubtful in which of several counties, including that in which the indictment or affidavit alleges the offense was committed, such doubt shall not avail to procure the acquittal of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 936 So. 2d 368 - Jordan v. State

3. “the jurisdiction shall be in either county in which said offense was commenced, prosecuted, or consummated, where prosecutions hall be first begun.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 936 So. 2d 368 - Jordan v. State