mitted against a victim who was under age 18 at the time). Even if the traditional statute of limitations had expired, Section 803(g) permitted a criminal complaint to stand if filed ôwithin one year of the date of a report to a law enforcement agencyö by the victim about the crime. The victim could be any age at the time of reporting the crime, so an adult could report abuse from many years prior. The Legislature, to protect against capricious prosecution, also required ôindependent evidence that clearly and convincingly corroborates the victim's allegationö before a prosecutor could proceed with an indictment under Section 803(g).
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