Knight v. State

The appellant, Anthony Darryl Knight, was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-66(a)(3),Code of Alabama 1975 and was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment. That sentence was split, and the appellant was ordered to serve 18 months followed by 5 years' probation.

I

Knight first claims that the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce out-of-court statements made by the victim, S.B.,1 to her mother and grandmother. The state offered these statements pursuant to the Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Victim Protection Act, § 15-25-30, et seq., Code ofAlabama…