State v. Spaniol

[¶1.] A jury convicted Joshua Spaniol of three counts of first-degree rape and one count of sexual contact with a child under sixteen years of age. Spaniol appeals, alleging the circuit court erred by finding the child competent to testify at trial. After the child testified on direct examination, Spaniol contends the child became unavailable because of her poor memory, depriving him of cross-examination as required by the Confrontation Clause. He further contends the circuit court erred by denying his pretrial motion to suppress his own statements to law enforcement and by giving Instruction…