Cuzzort v. State

Gregory, Justice.

Cuzzort was convicted in Dade Superior Court of the crime of aggravated sodomy committed against his 12-year-old daughter. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Cuzzort v. State, 173 Ga. App. 157 (325 SE2d 826) (1984). We granted certiorari to consider Division 2 of the opinion which upheld the admission into evidence of an out-of-court statement of the daughter over a hearsay objection. We affirm.

For a complete statement of the facts reference is made to the Court of Appeals’ opinion. For our purposes it is sufficient to recite that the mother testified during…