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J.B.J. v. State, Case No. 1D08-5476 (Fla. App. 6/9/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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J.B.J., A Child, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 1D08-5476. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Opinion filed June 9, 2009.An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County, David Gooding, Judge. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Steven L. Seliger, Assistant Public Defender, and Richard Summa, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Appellant, J.B.J., appeals an order of adjudication of delinquency for the offense of sexual battery by a person under the age of eighteen on a victim under the age of twelve. Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in finding the four-year-old victim competent to testify and in allowing the investigating officer to give hearsay testimony...continue to full post

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