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SOSEBEE v. STATE

44131.

257 Ga. 298 (1987)

357 S.E.2d 562

SOSEBEE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin E. Catts, Robert G. Rubin, for appellant.

Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr., District Attorney, J. David Fowler, J.

Thomas Morgan, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BELL, Justice.

The appellant, Geary Alan Sosebee, was indicted on charges of sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter.1 He moved in limine to exclude incriminating hearsay statements which had been made by his daughter, but the trial court denied his motion. We granted Sosebee's interlocutory application. On appeal, the issue is whether the Child Hearsay Statute, OCGA § 24-3-16 (eff. July 1, 1986), which allows the state to use...

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