Patterson v. State

Johnson, Chief Judge.

Lee Allen Patterson was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sodomy and one count of child molestation. The victims were his girlfriend’s five-year-old and ten-year-old daughters. He appeals from the convictions entered on the jury’s verdict and the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. Patterson claims the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce evidence of the victims’ prior consistent statements. Specifically, he argues that the child hearsay statute allows a statement made by a child to be admissible, but it does not allow more than one such statement…