State v. Perry

CARLTON, Justice.

Defendant presents four arguments on this appeal. We find one of his assertions has merit and remand for sentencing.

Defendant first asserts that it was prejudicial error for the trial judge to admit the prior written statements of the two boys since their credibility had not been impeached. This is particularly prejudicial, he argues, when no instructions were given to the jury limiting the use of those statements to corroboration of their in-court testimony. Defendant conceded on oral argument that the boys’ written statements were substantially the same as their in-court…