State v. Sheridan

The defendant was convicted of first degree sexual assault of his 7-year-old niece, following a bench trial, and was sentenced to imprisonment for 5 to 1Ó years. He has assigned as error that the trial court admitted the testimony of .an investigating officer which included details of the incident told to him by the victim.

The victim testified that the defendant, her uncle, did “bad stuff”; that he touched her in “private spots”; that he touched her on the “bottom” and “where [she went] to the bathroom”; that she was lying.down and did not have clothes on at the time; and that the defendant…