Gaerian v. State

BARBERA, Judge.

Appellant, Zoilo Camposano Gaerian, a/k/a Zoilan Gaerian, stands convicted by a jury of child abuse and second degree assault for having sexually assaulted his half-sister, ten years younger than he, from the time she was four or five years old until she was thirteen. One of the issues presented by this appeal is the admissibility of the victim’s report of the assaults to her best friend.

As recounted by the friend, the victim reported in October 2001, that she was being sexually assaulted by her older brother in October 2001. The tenor of the complaint suggested that the…