State v. Allred

HAYS, Justice.

Following a consolidated trial, the jury found John Allred guilty of child molestation and his wife, Sandra Allred, guilty of hindering prosecution. John Allred was sentenced to seven years in the Arizona State Prison and Sandra Allred was placed on probation. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

We accepted this petition for review to determine whether the prior inconsistent statements of John Allred’s daughter and stepdaughter were properly admitted into evidence.

John and Sandra Allred’s four-year-old daughter was playing at the home of John Allred’s niece, Edith Hughes, when she…