State v. Brydon

The defendant was convicted of the deviate sexual assault in the first degree [§ 566.070, RSMo 1978] practiced upon a foster-daughter and was sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment. The pros ecution resulted from an incident of child abuse reported under the procedures of Child Protection, Chapter 210 of the statutes. The defendant contends, among other errors, that the evidence for conviction were statements given in confidence protected by law from disclosure and otherwise involuntary.

The defendant Brydon and wife were the foster parents of the female child N then fifteen years of…