Griffin v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that when competency of witness is raised as an issue, it is then duty of trial court to examine witness to determine competency
• when ease is totally dependent on child’s ability to recall and recount events accurately, determination that witness is capable of separating fact from fantasy is especially important
• “In Distefano, ... the record demonstrated that the child reported the touching incident to her mother at the first available opportunity, while the child was still emotionally affected by the occurrence.”
• “The record reflects that the statements attributed to the child were not made spontaneously, and were not made at the first available opportunity after the occurrence of the alleged incident. Rather, the statements were elicited by questions from adults.... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Townsend
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-04-21· cited 118×
• Barton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-29· cited 23×
• Weatherford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-05-07· cited 23×
• Wade v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-09-16· cited 18×
• Palazzolo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-01-12· cited 16×
• Toussaint v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-15· cited 15×
• Delacruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-10· cited 13×
• Kopko v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-04-18· cited 12×
• Fuller v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-01-25· cited 11×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-08· cited 11×
• Hammond v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-09-22· cited 11×
• Kertell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-01-27· cited 10×
• Simmons v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-11-26· cited 9×
• Z.P. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-03-01· cited 9×
• Seccia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-02-18· cited 8×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-07-12· cited 8×
• Cook v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-27· cited 7×
• Bennett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-31· cited 7×
• G.H. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-02-22· cited 7×
• State v. Karelas
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-22· cited 5×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Kentucky v. Stincer
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 1,461×
• State v. Ryan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-11-26· cited 344×
• State v. Campbell
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1985-08-20· cited 124×
• Goodman v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-21· cited 100×
• State v. Myatt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1985-04-05· cited 67×
• Lloyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-03-17· cited 45×
• State v. Bellotti
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1986-03-04· cited 43×
• Begley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-02-05· cited 32×
• Salter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-11· cited 26×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1957-03-13· cited 22×
• State v. Superior Court, Pima County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-03-15· cited 19×
• Glendening v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-03-06· cited 18×
• Rutledge v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-07-26· cited 17×
• Distefano v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-08· cited 12×
• McIntosh v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-08-21· cited 11×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-25· cited 10×
• Harrold v. Schluep
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-07-17· cited 10×
• Garrard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-06-02· cited 9×