State v. Castaneda

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted John Castaneda of sexual abuse in the second degree of his ten-year-old adopted daughter. He appealed from the judgment of conviction and sentence, contending that the district court abused its discretion in admitting damaging testimony from his former wife. He also contends the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when it allowed into evidence a videotaped interview of the daughter and a transcript of that interview. We transferred the case to the court of appeals, which affirmed. On further review of the court of appeals…