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TURPIN v. STATE

45034.

121 Ga. App. 294 (1970)

173 S.E.2d 455

TURPIN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt & Pruitt, Glyndon C. Pruitt, for appellant.

Reid Merritt, District Attorney, for appellee.

PANNELL, Judge.

1. The principal State's witness against the defendant charged with child molestation (Ga. L. 1953, Nov. Sess., pp. 408, 409) was 8 1/2 years old at the time of the trial and on examination by the court to determine her competency to testify stated that she knew what it meant to tell a lie, and that she was supposed to tell the truth and that if she didn't tell the truth she would get a spanking, that she was prepared to tell the truth and that it...

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