State v. Nieto

79 P.3d 473 (2003)

119 Wash.App. 157

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Isaias Robert NIETO, aka Ike Nieto, Appellant.

No. 51259-5-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 17, 2003.

Isaias Nieto, pro se.

Richard Alan Hanson, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Kimberly Anne Thulin, Eric John Richey, Bellingham, WA, for Respondent.

AGID, J.

Isaias Nieto appeals his conviction of third degree rape of a child. He claims that the trial court erred by admitting the victim's written statement as substantive evidence and finding that Nieto confessed. We hold the victim's statement lacked sufficient…