MATTER OF A.S.W.

No. S-4181.

834 P.2d 801 (1992)

In the Matter of A.S.W. and E.W., Minors Under the Age of Eighteen (18) Years, D.W., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keenan Powell, Anchorage, for appellant.

Lisa B. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

D.W. appeals the superior court's determination that his two daughters, A.S.W. and E.W., are "children in need of aid." He maintains that the superior court erred in admitting a videotaped interview with A.S.W. under the "catch-all" exception to the hearsay rule because the videotape lacks the necessary guarantees of trustworthiness. He also contends that his daughter's videotaped statement...

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