Ex Parte State, 1101398 (Ala. 12-2-2011)

STUART, Justice.

This case involves the admissibility into evidence of a child witness’s prior inconsistent out-of-court statements. Pursuant to Rule 39(a)(1)(C), Ala. RApp. P., this Court granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to address “a material question ... of first impression”: Whether § 15-25-31, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Victim Protection Act, § 15-25-30 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”), conflicts with the Alabama Rules of Evidence, specifically Rule 801(d)(1)(A), Ala. R. Evid. In M.L.H. v. State, 99 So.3d 894 (Ala.Crim.App.2011),…