Carter v. State

Appellant was convicted of sexual activity with a child and battery of a child. We write primarily to explain why the rule of completeness did not compel admission of his exculpatory post-arrest station house statement after the state introduced a tape of a controlled phone call between the victim and appellant.

Appellant was romantically involved with the victim’s mother. He moved in with the mother and her family when the victim was 10 or 11. When she was 17, the victim disclosed to a school counselor that, for five years, she had been sexually abused by appellant.

The controlled call

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