State v. Ortega

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions, holding that the victim’s bath-time statements were admissible under the tender years hearsay exception because the totality of the circumstances provided particularized guarantees of trustworthiness. The court declined to review the challenge to the modified translated transcript because the alleged lay-opinion error was not preserved. It also rejected the continuance claim because the trial court offered a limited continuance and defense counsel elected to proceed without specifying the time requested.