Opinion ID: 2638571
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Elaine Metz

Text: The only reference to child interview specialist Elaine Metz during the entire examination (direct, cross, and redirect) went as follows: Q Okay. Do you remember talking to a nice woman with black hair by the name of Elaine? A I don't remember. Q Okay. Before you went to the doctor, did anyone ask you about your dad? A No, I can't remember. V VRP at 633. Nowhere in that entire two-question-two-answer colloquy is there any reference to the contents of R.G.'s alleged hearsay statement to Metz. The prosecutor never asked about the hearsay statement to Metz. Rather, the questions only go to R.G.'s and Metz's purported relationship. R.G. never testified to the contents of her alleged statements to Metz. Consequently, that hearsay was inadmissible as well.