Edwards v. State

The 49-year-old appellant was convicted for the first degree rape of his seven-year-old stepdaughter and was sentenced to life without parole as a habitual felony offender. He raises four issues on this appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant objects on the basis of hearsay to the admission of statements made by the victim to her mother and to a physician and to the admission of a videotaped interview of the victim by a social worker.

"An out-of-court statement made by a child under twelve years of age at the time of the proceeding concerning an act that is a material element of any crime…