Summary

In George, the Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant's conviction in a split decision, with Judge GLEICHER dissenting from the portion of the majority opinion holding that the hearsay evidence provided by the victim's mother and sister was properly admitted under MRE 803A. The dissent argued that the trial court ignored evidence that the victim's hearsay statement was not the first one made to another person (as MRE 803A requires), that the statement was not spontaneous, and that the defendant was prejudiced by this error.