State v. Grogan

¶1 Clifford Grogan appeals his first degree child molestation conviction, contending the trial court erred in allowing evidence of his statements and child hearsay statements. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

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¶2 One evening in the summer of 2001, Sandra Holloway, Mr. Grogan’s stepdaughter, was bathing six-year-old M.L. and M.L.’s sister at Mr. Grogan and Harriet Grogan’s home in Cusick, Washington. M.L. told Ms. Holloway, “ Tap-pa’ or Top-pa’ - - ‘has touched me down there.’ ” 7 Report of Proceedings (RP) (Apr. 17, 2007) at 1276. When Ms. Holloway asked M.L. where she meant,…