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STATE v. TOWNSEND

No. 81263.

635 So.2d 949 (1994)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jack Timothy TOWNSEND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 the law in which the legislature and the courts are attempting to provide a means for admitting a child's hearsay testimony at trial, particularly in child abuse cases...

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