SWANSON, J.
Joseph Edward Downey appeals from the judgment and sentence entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of third degree rape. The principal issue on appeal relates to the trial court's permitting a friend of the victim to testify regarding the details of a telephone conversation she had with the victim shortly after the incident.
The material facts, which the jury was entitled to believe, are that Downey forced the 16-year-old victim to have sexual...
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