Rogers v. State

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Alen Rogers, Jr., was convicted by a jury of two counts of child sex abuse and was sentenced to a total of thirty-three years’ imprisonment. In Count One, Rogers was convicted of sexual battery against eight-year-old Benjamin Hicks. In Count Two, Rogers was convicted of fondling William Hicks, Benjamin’s eleven-year-old brother.1 Rogers has appealed, arguing that the trial court erred by overruling his hearsay objection to statements made by Benjamin to a forensic psychologist. He also argues that the State failed to prove that Count Two occurred in Scott…