State v. Thompson

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Introduction

Clarence Thompson (Defendant) appeals the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of three counts of statutory rape and one count of statutory sodomy. Defendant claims the trial court erred by: (1) allowing the State to introduce a child witness’s deposition testimony because it lacked sufficient indicia of reliability as required by Section 491.075; (2) allowing the State to introduce a child witness’s deposition testimony pursuant to Section 491.075, despite the statute’s conflict with Rule 25.16 governing the use of depositions in…