QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.
¶ 1 The State appeals an order dismissing first degree child molestation charges against Keith Ian Dow.
¶ 2 RCW 10,58.035 provides that a defendant's trustworthy statement may be admitted as substantive evidence when the alleged victim of a crime has died or is incompetent to testify at trial. Finding this statute unconstitutional, the trial court refused to apply it and required that the State prove corpus delicti through...
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