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STATE v. SPECK

944 S.W.2d 598 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Barry L. SPECK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Anne Tipton, A.C. Wharton, Jr., Public Defender, Walker Gwinn, Assistant Public Defender, Memphis, for Appellant.

B. Alan Newport, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant, at Trial.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Nashville, John W. Pierotti, District Attorney General, Jennifer Nichols, Assistant District Attorney General, Memphis, for Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We granted this appeal to review two issues: first, whether the bill of particulars sufficiently informed the defendant of the charges against him, and second, whether reversible error was committed when the trial court, applying the "fresh complaint" doctrine, ruled that the victim's out-of-court statements to his mother regarding sexual acts committed by the defendant were admissible to corroborate his in-court testimony.

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