887 So. 2d 1248 - Beber v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[w]hile inconsistent statements admitted under section 90.803(23) can be used as substantive evidence when other proper corroborating evidence is admitted, in Green's case we concluded that the testimony of the examining physician was `simply not adequate to supply that corroboration.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 So. 3d 1134 - Clarke v. State · 961 So. 2d 198 - Baugh v. State

2. “(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 16 or less describing any act of child abuse or neglect, [etc.], 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 ...; and 2. The child either: a. Testifies; or b. Is unavailable as a witness, provided that there is other corroborative evidence of the abuse or offense....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 So. 3d 630 - Joseph L. Halliday v. State

3. “a prior inconsistent statement standing alone is insufficient as a matter of law to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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