State v. C.J.

Thirteen-year-old C.J. was convicted of sexually molesting her 3-year-old cousin. At her trial, the judge declared that the 4-year-old child witness was incompetent to testify, but the court admitted his statements as a 3-year-old declarant to his parents and an investigating *792police officer. C.J. appeals her conviction for first degree child molestation, arguing that the hearsay statements were erroneously admitted because the State had failed to demonstrate that the child declarant was competent at the time that the statements were made. We hold that the court’s admission of the child…