WEBSTER v. STATE

No. 2508, Sept. Term, 2001.

827 A.2d 910 (2003)

151 Md. App. 527

Marvin Clark WEBSTER v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

June 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Murphy, Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Sarah Page Pritzlaff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before HOLLANDER, KENNEY, ADKINS, JJ.


ADKINS, Judge.

In this appeal from a child sexual assault conviction, we must decide whether a four-year old victim's description of the assault communicated to a nurse trained in Sexual Assault Forensic Examination ("SAFE") was admissible under Md. Rule 5-803(b)(4), the hearsay exception covering statements made "for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment." We shall hold that it was, even though there were dual medical...

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