Stevenson v. State

HOLLAND, Justice:

Defendant-Below/Appellant, Joel Stevenson, appeals from a final judgment for convictions of Unlawful Sexual Contact First Degree; 1 Unlawful Sexual Contact Second Degree; 2 and two counts of Sex Offender Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Child. 3 Stevenson argues on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting, over defense counsel’s objection, the out-of-court consistent videotaped statements of three child witnesses in rebuttal to the defense’s alleged charge of the State’s improper influence over the child witnesses’ trial testimony. Specifically, Stevenson…