United States Eighth Circuit

In case involving abusive sexual contact with a child, the district court did not err in allowing a forensic interviewer who conducted the initial interviews with the victim to testify regarding the child's out-of-court descriptions of the abuse under FRE rule 807.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2004
• Published 06/04/2004

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel L. Pahlke, argued, Rapid City, South Dakota, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregg S. Peterman, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Rapid City, South Dakota (Judith K. Grunewaldt, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the brief), for appellee.