BARNES v. STATE

69605.

173 Ga. App. 907 (1985)

328 S.E.2d 583

BARNES v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry B. Mims, Emerson D. Henderson, for appellant.

David E. Perry, District Attorney, Leonard M. Geldon, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


BANKE, Chief Judge.

The appellant was convicted of sexually molesting a 5-year-old child. In this appeal, he enumerates as error the trial court's ruling that the child was competent to testify. He also questions the sufficiency of the evidence. Held:

1. "[T]he standard of intelligence required to qualify a child as a witness is not that he be able to define the meaning of an oath, nor that he understand the process under which the oath is administered...

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