State v. Self

This case arises from a prosecution on charges related to allegations of child abuse. We consider three issues: (1) whether use of videotaped testimony by the child-victim violates the Confrontation Clauses contained in the Ohio and federal Constitutions; (2) whether the hearsay rule is violated by the admission of testimony from a therapist and a case worker relating statements made to them by the child-victim; and if so, (3) whether the error was prejudicial. For the reasons which follow we reinstate appellee’s convictions because we find no violation of the constitutional Confrontation…