STATE v. COOKE

No. 7.

179 S.E.2d 365 (1971)

278 N.C. 288

STATE of North Carolina v. Bernard COOKE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Asst. Atty. Gen. Sidney S. Eagles, Jr., for the State.

Charles O'H. Grimes, Raleigh, for defendant appellant.


MOORE, Justice.

The defendant's assignments of error are: (1) The trial court erred in ruling that the seven-year-old prosecuting witness was competent to testify, and (2) the court erred in denying defendant's motions for nonsuit and arrest of judgment.

There was no error in holding that the child who was the victim of this offense was a competent witness. There is no age below which one is incompetent as a matter of law to testify. The test of competency...

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