862 So. 2d 756 - Baugh v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “If a child victim of sexual abuse totally repudiates her out-of-court statements at trial, and the prosecution adduces no eyewitness or physical evidence of abuse, must the trial court grant a judgment of acquittal even in the face of other evidence corroborating the out-of-court statements and the dictates of the Confrontation Clause?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 198 - Baugh v. State

2. “knew he would never get out of jail unless [the child] changed her story. That was true; as long as [the child] alleged that Mr. Baugh committed the crime, he had little hope of being released. However, that does not indicate that her original story was either true or corroborative of his guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 198 - Baugh v. State

3. “); the defendant's consciousness of guilt as evidenced by his suicide attempt; and the suggestion that the defendant engaged in `witness tampering,' adduced from the testimonies of the prison inmate and the mother's former friend.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 198 - Baugh v. State