State v. Scacchetti

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

Appellant Anthony Phillip Scacchetti was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, malicious punishment of a child, and third-degree assault against his girlfriend’s three-and-one-half-year-old daughter, R.J. At trial, the court determined that the child victim was incompetent to testify and, as a result, the state was allowed to introduce into evidence statements the victim made during medical assessments conducted by a pediatric nurse practitioner for Midwest Children’s Resource Center (MCRC). Scacchetti appealed his conviction, and the court of appeals…