Thacker v. State

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Darrell Allen Thacker appeals his conviction for child molesting, a Class B felony. Thacker was sentenced to a ten-year term of imprisonment.

On appeal, Thacker attacks the efficacy of the Patterson rule allowing testimony in evidence which would otherwise be considered inadmissible hearsay, and he contends that its use in his case resulted in the admission of evidence wherein the probative value was outweighed by the prejudicial effect. Thacker asserts that admission of testimony by a police officer, the victim's mother, and the victim's therapist impinged…