Oldsen v. People

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision in Oldsen v. People, 697 P.2d 787 (Colo.App.1984), upholding the admission, in a prosecution for sexual assault on a child, of out-of-court statements of the child victim about the nature of the sexual contact and the identity of the perpetrator. The court of appeals held that the hearsay statements were properly admitted under CRE 803(4), the “medical exception” to the hearsay rule. Although we disapprove the court of appeals’ rationale for admission of the statements, we determine that the statements were…