KOPKO v. STATE

No. 89-1497.

577 So.2d 956 (1991)

Martin David KOPKO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

On Motion for Rehearing and Certification April 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Grillo, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Judy Taylor Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This case brings to our attention an evidentiary problem peculiar to prosecutions for sexual battery perpetrated on children — admission of repetitive hearsay testimony recounting the child victim's out-of-court statements describing the criminal sexual acts.

The child victim in this case was nine years old when she reported lewd acts and sexual battery allegedly perpetrated by her stepfather, the appellant, David Kopko. Appellant had been...

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