State v. Speck

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We granted this appeal to review two issues: first, whether the bill of particulars sufficiently informed the defendant of the charges against him, and second, whether reversible error was committed when the trial court, applying the “fresh complaint” doctrine, ruled that the victim’s out-of-court statements to his mother regarding sexual acts committed by the defendant were admissible to corroborate his in-court testimony.

The Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that the defendant failed to show he was prejudiced by the prosecution’s bill of particulars and that the…