THOMAS v. STATE

No. 109, 1998.

725 A.2d 424 (1999)

Kenneth THOMAS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn B. Lunger, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, for appellant.

John Williams, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Dover, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and HARTNETT, Justices.


WALSH, Justice:

In this appeal from the Superior Court we address, as a matter of first impression, the constitutionality of 11 Del.C. § 3513, Delaware's "tender years" hearsay exception for alleged victims of child sexual abuse. We conclude that the statute's requirement of a judicial determination of particularized guarantees of trustworthiness renders it not violative of the Confrontation Clause of the United...

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