Vaska v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A jury found Stanley Yaska guilty of sexually abusing T.E., a minor. The evidence identifying Vaska as the young child’s abuser included testimony of T.E.’s mother describing statements T.E. had made after the alleged abuse. Because T.E. said at trial that she had no memory of the period in her childhood when the abuse occurred, the trial court admitted her mother’s testimony under *1013the “catchall” exception to Alaska’s hearsay rule. On appeal, Vaska argued that the trial court erred in applying the catchall exception. In response, the state urged the…