BANKS, Justice, for the Court:
The matter before this Court involves an appeal from a conviction of child fondling, where we are called upon to consider the admissibility of a prior consistent statement made by a witness under Rule 801(d)1(B) of the Mississippi Rules of Evidence. We conclude that the admission of the statement by the trial court constituted error because an alleged motive to fabricate existed prior to the victim's statement to the witness. However...
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