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BENNETT v. STATE

No. 3-580A123.

409 N.E.2d 1189 (1980)

William BENNETT, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

September 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Hilgendorf, South Bend, for appellant-defendant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Carmen L. Quintana, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee-plaintiff.

STATON, Judge.

A jury found William Bennett guilty of child molesting.1 Bennett was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a period of ten years.

On appeal, Bennett raises two issues for our review:

(1) Was there sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict? (2) Did the trial court abuse its discretion in finding the six-year old prosecuting witness competent to testify?

We affirm...

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