State v. Townsend
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
635 So.2d 949 (1994)
STATE of Florida, Petitioner,
v.
Jack Timothy TOWNSEND, Respondent.
No. 81263.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 21, 1994.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Barbara C. Davis and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.
James G. Kontos of the Law Firm of Daniel S. Ciener, Merritt Island, for respondent.
OVERTON, Justice.
We have for review Townsend v. State, 613 So.2d 534 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993) (Townsend II), which concerns the admissibility of a two-year-old's hearsay statements in this child-sexual-abuse case. This issue involves a relatively new area of…
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