STATE v. JONES

No. 9717-6-II.

50 Wn. App. 709 (1988)

750 P.2d 281

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. GERALD DOUGLAS JONES, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

February 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur D. Curtis, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael C. Kinney, Deputy, for appellant.

Edward L. Dunkerly and Ihringer & Dunkerly, for respondent (appointed counsel for appeal).


REED, C.J.

The State appeals an order suppressing the hearsay statements of an alleged victim of indecent liberties and dismissing the case following pretrial hearings. We find that proposed corroborative evidence should have been considered by the court and remand.

The complainant was the defendant's 4-year-old daughter, Sonia. She told a member of the Washougal Police Department that Jones had engaged with her in a practice that — we are told —...

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