Whorton v. State

Dillard, Judge.

Following a trial by jury, Glenn Whorton was convicted on one count each of child molestation and sexual battery of V. B., a minor.1 On appeal, Whorton contends that (1) the trial court erred by refusing to conduct a pre-trial hearing as to the reliability of child-hearsay statements, (2) the trial court erred by admitting child-hearsay statements in violation of his Confrontation Clause rights, (3) the trial court erred by admitting inherently unreliable child-hearsay statements, and (4) the evidence against him was insufficient as it was based entirely upon inadmissible…