SANBORN v. STATE

70898.

176 Ga. App. 259 (1985)

335 S.E.2d 719

SANBORN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Whitmer, for appellant.

Bruce L. Udolf, District Attorney, Deborah S. Wilbanks, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


CARLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of incest and aggravated sodomy. He appeals.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in qualifying one of the victims, his nine-year-old daughter, as a competent witness. "[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, but rather that he know and appreciate...

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