State v. Skahill
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The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction of sexually abusing his seven-year-old daughter, K.W., holding that the trial court erred by admitting videos of two forensic interviews in which K.W. described the abuse and the admission was not harmless error.
Defendant was convicted of sexual abuse in the second degree, enticing a minor, and indecent exposure. On appeal, Defendant argued that the forensic interview videos involving K.W. and played for the jury were inadmissible hearsay and did not fall within any exception to the hearsay rule. The Supreme Court agreed and remanded the case for a new trial, holding that neither interview was admissible under the Court's hearsay rules and that the error was not harmless.
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