TERRIBLE v. STATE

No. 4450.

370 P.2d 51 (1962)

Frank TERRIBLE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Wiener & Jones, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Roger D. Foley, Atty. Gen., John F. Mendoza, Dist. Atty., Charles L. Garner, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


BADT, Chief Justice.

Appellant was held to answer in the district court by order of the committing magistrate following a preliminary hearing on the charge of lewdness with a minor. The present appeal is from denial by the district court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The sole question for our determination is whether the complaining witness, a minor girl of the age of six and one-half years, was a competent witness. If she was not, a reversal...

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