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SULLIVAN v. STATE

63907.

162 Ga. App. 297 (1982)

291 S.E.2d 127

SULLIVAN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gene Gouge, Robert A. Whitlow, for appellant.

Stephen Williams, District Attorney, J. O. Partain III, Elida B. Steele, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for child molestation. Held:

1. Error is asserted because the trial court ruled that the seven-year-old female victim was competent to testify.

Defendant's first trial resulted in a mistrial because the jury was unable to agree. At that trial the victim was examined extensively by the district attorney, defense counsel, and the court, before...

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