U.S. v. HARRISON

No. 01-2225.

296 F.3d 994 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafer HARRISON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Jameson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.

Gregory J. Fouratt, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before SEYMOUR, BALDOCK, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Once again we must consider whether a statement to a law enforcement officer by an alleged victim of child sexual abuse is admissible under the catch-all hearsay exception, Federal Rule of Evidence 807. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the statement. In light of the consistency of the statement with two other admissible statements of the victim made in circumstances suggestive of trustworthiness, the professionalism...

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