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IN RE CINDY L.

Docket No. S055368.

17 Cal.4th 15 (1997)

In re CINDY L., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDGAR L., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stephanie M. Davis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, Joe Ben Hudgens and Sterling Honea, Principal Deputy County Counsel, Scott Miller, Deputy County Counsel, and Gary P. Gross for Plaintiff and Respondent.

John J. Sansome, County Counsel (San Diego), Susan Strom, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Gary C. Seiser, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

In In re Carmen O. (1994) 28 Cal.App.4th 908, 921 [33 Cal.Rptr.2d 848] (Carmen O.), the Court of Appeal created what it called a "child dependency hearsay exception" (sometimes the child dependency exception). This exception allows, under certain conditions, admission of out-of-court statements by alleged victims...

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