Mencos v. State

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• concluding that child victim's statements to her mother that were overheard by a police detective were not testimonial and thus did not violate the Confrontation Clause
• confirming that a statement made by a victim to her mother which was overheard by a police officer was not testimonial
• hearsay objection to infant victim's statements did not preserve for review any challenge based on Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses
• \The right of confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment `differs from the kind of protection that is afforded by state evidence rules governing the admission of hearsay.'\ (quoting Lopez v. State, 888 So.2d 693, 697 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004))
• \The right of confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment `differs from the kind of protection that is afforded by state evidence rules governing the admission of hearsay.'\ (quoting Lopez v. State, 888 So. 2d 693, 697 (Fla 1st DCA 2004))

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