CERCONE, Judge:
This appeal arises from appellant's conviction by a jury of raping and indecently assaulting a five year-old girl. The only issue which appellant raises here which he preserved by written post-trial motions is the question whether the victim, since she was an infant, was competent to testify.
In general, the competency of a witness to testify is presumed and the burden falls on the party objecting to demonstrate...
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