State v. Tolles

¶1 — A jury found Dennis Tolies guilty of first degree child rape and attempted first degree child molestation of KJ. He argues (1) the trial court violated his court rule time for trial rights and (2) the trial court erroneously admitted expert testimony from a child abuse investigator. In a statement of additional grounds, he argues that the trial court erred (1) in ruling that KJ’s hearsay statements were spontaneous and thus admissible and (2) by denying his midtrial motion to sever the attempted child molestation charge from the other charges. We affirm.

FACTS

¶2 In 2003, KJ told her…