State v. Perry

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Chief Justice.

A jury found Mike Perry guilty of first-degree child molestation. On appeal he asserts that section 491.075, RSMo 2000, 1 is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to him. He alleges it improperly makes admission of out-of-court statements by a child witness depend on whether the statements demonstrate sufficient indicia of reliability rather than on whether they satisfy the Confrontation Clause as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004).

This Court disagrees. A statute…