Stone v. State

CONOVER, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Phillip M. Stone (Stone) appeals his jury trial conviction for two counts of child molesting. IND.CODE 35-42-4-3(a).

We reverse.

Stone presents three issues for our review. Bécause we reverse, we discuss only two. They are:

1. whether the trial court erroneously admitted Patterson1 statements, and

2. whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting cumulative testimony concerning the victim’s account of the molestation.

Although B.L. was 11 years old at the time in question, his level of competency was that of an 8 year old. One night when B.L.’s sister…