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Criminal Law: Child Molestation-Victim’s Statements
Staff Report//February 5, 2024//
Where a defendant challenged convictions including statutory sodomy and child molestation, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting a child victim’s statements to an investigator because there were sufficient indicia of reliability.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Lewis (MLW No. 81044/Case No. WD85845 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Boone County, Crane, J. (Justin Earl Davis, Jefferson City, for respondent) (Katharine Patricia Curry, Columbia, for appellant).
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