RAKER, J.
Erik Stoddard was convicted of second degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. The primary question we must answer in this case is whether the trial court erred in admitting testimony recounting an out-of-court utterance allegedly made by a non-testifying eighteen month old child to the effect of "is Erik going to get me?" The State offered this utterance as evidence that the child had witnessed Stoddard commit the murder. The case requires us to...
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