State v. Lamper

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant James Lamper was convicted of sodomy on a child, a first degree felony, and sexual abuse of a child, a second degree felony. Utah Code Ann. §§ 76-5-403.1, 76-5-404.1 (Supp.1989). He was sentenced to a minimum mandatory term of ten years on the first count and a concurrent term of one to fifteen years on the second. Lamper appeals on two grounds. First, he claims that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a videotaped interview of the child victim without first making specific findings regarding the reliability and trustworthiness of the child’s…