D. L. N. v. STATE

No. 20106.

590 S.W.2d 820 (1979)

D. L. N., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

November 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Green, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Maridell J. Templeton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for appellee.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and AKIN and ROBERTSON, JJ.


GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant, a fifteen-year-old boy, was found by a jury to have engaged in deviate sexual intercourse with a three-year-old girl and was placed on probation by the juvenile court. He complains on this appeal that he was denied a fair trial because of improper admission of evidence, that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and that the only eye-witness, an eight-year-old child, was incompetent to testify. We hold that the witness...

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