The State of Washington, Petitioner v. William Orr Swan, Respondents

Summary

The court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated the defendants' convictions and sentences, holding that the two children's parallel disclosures and other indirect evidence sufficiently corroborated R.T.'s alleged abuse to permit admission of her hearsay statements. It also rejected challenges concerning newly discovered evidence, competency, reliability, rebuttal evidence, expert testimony, judicial comment, evidentiary rulings, closing argument, the standard of review, the constitutionality of the child-victim hearsay statute, and alleged nondisclosure of impeachment evidence. No separate opinions were provided.