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Blanton v. State

Citations

  • 880 So. 2d 798
  • 2004 WL 1799760

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  • stating defendant had opportunity to cross-examine victim when defendant availed himself of opportunity to take victim's deposition
  • stating defendant had opportunity to cross-examine victim when defendant availed himself of opportunity to take victim’s deposition
  • stating defendant had opportunity to cross-examine victim when defendant availed himself of opportunity to take victim = s deposition
  • describing cross- examination as an “adversarial tool” (citing Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004))
  • expressing doubt that the defendant preserved his argument that the admission of child hearsay statements violated his right of confrontation but “addressing the issue on its merits” because the state did “not argue waiver”
  • finding no Crawford violation in a situation where the State introduced evidence from an eleven-year-old witness in the form of an audiotape of a statement she made to the police since the defendant had been given an opportunity, prior to trial, to cross-examine the witness

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Judges: Torpy

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