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STATE v. JONES

No. 54986-9.

112 Wn.2d 488 (1989)

772 P.2d 496

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

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Arthur D. Curtis, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael C. Kinnie, Deputy, for respondent.

Jesse Wm. Barton on behalf of Washington Appellate Defender Association, amicus curiae for petitioner.

Seth R. Dawson, Prosecuting Attorney for Snohomish County, and Seth Aaron Fine, Deputy, on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, amici curiae for respondent.

DURHAM, J.

Under Washington's child victim hearsay statute, RCW 9A.44.120, a child's description of an "act of sexual contact performed with or on the child by another" is admissible as hearsay evidence in a criminal case if the statement bears sufficient indicia of reliability, and, when the child is unavailable as a witness, "there is corroborative evidence of the act." At issue in this case is the application of the corroboration...

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