Fuller v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the trial court abused its discretion in finding a child competent to testify where the child's statements regarding truth-telling were conclusory, and where the court's examination of the child's ability to observe and recollect facts was incomplete
• holding that responses to questions concerning understanding of the importance of telling the truth must reflect a moral sense of obligation to tell the truth and that mere conclusory answers to leading questions do not satisfy this standard
• holding that responses to questions concerning understanding of the importance of telling the truth must reflect a moral sense of obligation to tell the truth and that mere conclusory answers to leading questions do not satisfy this standard
• “Before finding a child competent to testify, the trial court should consider (1) whether the child is capable of observing and recollecting facts, (2) whether the child is capable of narrating those facts to the court or to a jury, and (3

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reed v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-01· cited 26×
• Palazzolo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-01-12· cited 16×
• McLean v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-09-05· cited 15×
• Simmons v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-11-26· cited 9×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-11-30· cited 8×
• Seccia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-02-18· cited 8×
• J.B.J. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-09· cited 4×
• M.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-08· cited 1×
• JBJ v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-09
• Evans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-03-27

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lloyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-03-17· cited 45×
• Griffin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-03· cited 41×
• State v. Diamond
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-12-28· cited 18×
• Wade v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-09-16· cited 18×
• Fernandez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-02-17· cited 16×
• State v. Kuntsman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-10-12· cited 16×
• Swain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-02-02· cited 12×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-25· cited 10×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-06-27· cited 5×
• Ferrer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1960-01-21· cited 4×