State v. Carrion

Summary

The court affirmed the convictions, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the child victim’s recorded forensic interview as substantive evidence because the interview, considered as a whole, was not so coercive or unreliable as to undermine the fairness of the trial. The court also held that the challenged instruction concerning the state’s interest in acquitting the innocent did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial when viewed in the context of the complete charge, although it directed trial courts not to give that instruction in future cases.