State v. Watson
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of gross sexual assault, one count of unlawful sexual contact, and one count of visual sexual aggression against a child. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court erred when it admitted testimony of the victim’s aunt and grandmother concerning the victim’s state of mind. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the convictions, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by allowing the victim’s aunt and grandmother to testify about the victim’s out-of-court statements describing her then-existing state of mind.
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