LAMBERT v. STATE

No. 89-KA-0576.

574 So.2d 573 (1990)

Floyd LAMBERT, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, William E. O'Hare, Smith & O'Hare, Cleveland, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Today's appeal asks that we judge behavior no more fathomable that it has become so familiar. A man has repeatedly sexually molested his young stepdaughter and when called to account, presents the familiar denials and defenses. The case in the end turns on an evidentiary question which commands no small amount of sensitivity on our part. We hold that the hearsay statement of the victim was erroneously received as evidence but that...

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