STATE v. SANDOVAL

No. 23754-1-III.

154 P.3d 271 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Erik Robert SANDOVAL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

March 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet G. Gemberling, Gemberling & Dooris PS, Spokane, WA, for Appellant.

Kevin Michael Korsmo, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.


BROWN, J.

¶ 1 First, considering medical diagnosis and excited utterance testimony, we reject Erik Sandoval's confrontation arguments in his appeal from his convictions for third degree assault-domestic violence and second degree malicious mischief. Second, the State's closing argument mentioning hearsay reliability did not vouch for witness credibility. Thus, the trial court did not err in rejecting Mr. Sandoval's mistrial motion. Accordingly, we affirm.

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