Byrd v. State

Johnson, Judge.

A jury convicted Charles Ray Byrd of molesting his four-year-old niece, J. B. He appeals.

1. Byrd contends that the trial court erred in allowing the hearsay statements of J. B. to her parents and a caseworker to be admitted as evidence.

At the trial of the case sub judice, the court permitted J. B.’s parents and a caseworker to testify as to statements made to them by J. B. regarding incidents of sexual abuse inflicted upon her by Byrd. The trial court allowed such hearsay testimony after determining that J. B. was available to testify, in accordance with OCGA § 24-3-16 (the…