STATE v. OWENS

No. 63332-1.

128 Wn.2d 908 (1996)

913 P.2d 366

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. GREGORY S. OWENS, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nielsen & Acosta, by Eric J. Nielsen, for petitioner.

James H. Krider, Prosecuting Attorney, and David F. Thiele, Deputy, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

Gregory Owens was convicted of two counts of first degree rape of a child, committed against his stepson, B.K. On appeal, Owens argued that the trial court improperly permitted B.K.'s mother and grandmother to relate hearsay statements B.K. made to them. The Court of Appeals held that B.K.'s statements to his mother were admissible as excited utterances, that his statements to his grandmother were inadmissible, but that admitting the grandmother's testimony...

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