State v. Justus

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Chief Justice.

Samuel Justus challenges his conviction for child molestation in the first degree on the basis that admission of certain hearsay statements of the alleged child victim violated his constitutional right to confront and cross-examine the witness against him because the child did not testify at trial and Justus had no prior opportunity to cross-examine her. In the alternative, Justus argues that the out-of-court statements did not have “sufficient indicia of reliability” to be admissible under section 491.075, 1 which allows hearsay evidence of a child’s…