STATE v. KARELAS

No. 5D09-3398.

28 So.3d 913 (2010)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Andrew J. KARELAS, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad King, State Attorney, and Linda Johns Herrick, Assistant State Attorney, Ocala, for Petitioner.

Larry Gibbs Turner and Peggy-Anne O'Connor of Turner & Hodge, LLP, Gainesville, for Respondent.


TORPY, J.

We review the lower court's order precluding the thirteen-year-old victim in this molestation case from testifying at trial. The lower court found that the victim was not competent to testify because she had been the subject of improper and suggestive questioning by law enforcement officers. We grant the petition and quash the order.

At the time of the alleged molestation, the victim, the daughter of Respondent's girlfriend, was eleven years old...

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