Opinion ID: 1096134
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Heading: the trial court erred in allowing the jury to hear and consider hearsay evidence.

Text: Hearsay is not admissible. M.R.E. 802. Jones contends that the trial court allowed the state to stack hearsay evidence upon hearsay evidence upon hearsay evidence to bolster M.J.'s testimony. He points to the testimony of Dr. Hampton, Deputy Fowler, and Kathy Booth. Dr. Hampton testified as to what M.J. told her happened and who did it during her examinations. She also stated that it was her opinion that M.J. was telling the truth. Deputy Fowler related how M.J. demonstrated with dolls what happened to her. Booth discovered M.J. with her son and testified at trial that afterward M.J. told her that her real daddy, Mike Jones showed her how to do those things and that he put his finger in her poo-poo. These will be considered separately.