Sosebee v. State

Bell, Justice.

The appellant, Geary Alan Sosebee, was indicted on charges of sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter. He moved in limine to exclude incriminating hearsay statements which had been made by his daughter, but the trial court denied his motion. We granted Sosebee’s interlocutory application. On appeal, the issue is whether the Child Hearsay Statute, OCGA § 24-3-16 (eff. July 1, 1986), which allows the state to use a child’s out-of-court statements without requiring the state to call the child as a witness, unconstitutionally in fringes upon a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right…