Baum v. State

BROWN, Chief Justice.

On January 23, 1986, appellant Timothy A. Baum, age 24, was charged with three counts of second degree sexual assault and convicted by a jury of two counts of second degree sexual assault on a five-year old boy in violation of § 6-2-303(a)(v), W.S. 1977 (June 1983 Replacement).1 On appeal, he urges three issues:

I

“Whether or not it was error for the trial court to allow the five-year-old victim to testify.

II

“Whether or not it was error to admit out of court statements of [the victim] through the testimony of Officer Dah-mer and Mr. Terrill in violation of the hearsay rule,…