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STATE v. PRICE

No. 174A84.

327 S.E.2d 863 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Elliott PRICE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by George W. Lennon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender by Malcolm R. Hunter, Jr., First Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant.

MARTIN, Justice.

Defendant's first assignment of error is that the trial court erroneously ruled that the victim was competent to testify. There is no fixed age limit below which a witness is incompetent to testify; rather, the question in each case is whether the witness understands the obligations of the oath and has the capacity to understand and relate facts which will assist the jury in reaching its decision. E.g., State v. Sills, 311 N.C. 370,

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