900 So. 2d 325 - State v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
June 2015
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Tibbs v. Florida · Hudson v. Louisiana · 603 So. 2d 731 - State v. Hearold · 436 So. 2d 471 - State v. Sutton
Most-quoted passages
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“Leading questions are ordinarily prohibited when propounded to one’s own witness unless such witness is unwilling or hostile. La. R.S. 15:277. However, it is well settled that an exception is usually made when questioning a young child. State v. Kelly, 456 So.2d 642 (La.App. 2d Cir.1984), writ denied, 461 So.2d 312 (La.1984); State v. Kahey, 436 So.2d 475 (La.1983); State v. Bolton, 408 So.2d 250 (La.1981); State v. Francis, 337 So.2d 487 (La.1976). Furthermore, notwithstanding the general rule against leading questions, the matter is largely within the discretion of the trial court and in the absence of palpable abuse of that discretion resulting in prejudice to the accused, a finding of reversible error is not warranted. State v. Kelly, supra; State v. Francis, supra.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) accused was over the age of 17; (2) accused committed a lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of a child under age 17; (3) accused was more than two years older than the victim; (4) accused had specific intent to arouse or gratify either the child's sexual desires or his or her own sexual desires; and (5) accused committed the lewd or lascivious act by use of force, violence, duress, menace, psychological intimidation, threat of great bodily harm or by use of influence by virtue of position of control or supervision over juvenile.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The videotape authorized by this Subpart is hereby admissible in evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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