Eberhardt v. State

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

Appellant was convicted of child molestation in Wilkes County on August 8, 1986, and sentenced to twenty years in prison. The evidence at trial showed that appellant began molesting his daughter when she was five or six years of age and continued until she was twelve or thirteen and began to resist.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence pursuant to OCGA § 24-3-16 in that the statute violates appellant’s right of confrontation of witnesses pursuant to the sixth amendment. He argues that even if the statute is constitutional, the…