State v. Spooner

¶ 1. Following a jury trial, defendant Patrick Spooner was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child under eighteen years of age, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(d). On appeal, he argues that the trial court violated the Vermont Rules of Evidence and the Confrontation Clauses of Chapter I, Article 10 of the Vermont Constitution and the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution when the trial court admitted certain tape-recorded statements from the victim rather than bringing the victim in to present live testimony. We affirm.

¶ 2. The record evidence may be briefly summarized…