In re J.C.
Annotate this CaseThe juvenile court adjudicated J.C. a delinquent child after finding beyond a reasonable doubt that J.C. committed assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. The court of appeals affirmed. At issue before the Supreme Court was whether the juvenile court violated J.C.’s constitutional right to confrontation by admitting the out-of-court statements made by a four-year-old victim to a physician during a medical assessment and to a forensic interviewer. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) admission of the physician’s testimony and report did not violate J.C.’s confrontation rights under either the Sixth Amendment or the Iowa Constitution; and (2) any error in admission of the forensic interviewer’s testimony was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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