Elliott v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The major question presented in this case is the admissibility in a trial for second degree sexual assault of testimony of an older sister of the victim concerning prior attempts of a similar nature involving her as a victim. Other issues are raised concerning the recitation by corroborative witnesses of the details of the reports made to them by the victim; the admissibility of testimony by the victim’s mother that the victim was a truthful child; and other testimony by the victim’s older sister to the effect that she left home the day following the assault because her prior…