Harold F. Greenway v. State Alaska

Harold Greenway was convicted of raping his thirteen year old stepdaughter. The rape occurred in July, 1978, on the banks of the Yukon River, near Greenwayhs summer fish camp. According to the victim, Greenway threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the rape and, as a result, she told no one other than her mother until September, when she reported the rape to her school counselor. At trial the State, over Greenways objections, presented testimony by the victims mother and her school counselor concerning her complaints of rape. Greenway now contends that the trial courts failure to exclude this testimony as inadmissible hearsay constituted reversible error.