IN INTEREST OF M.A.

No. 85-736.

477 So.2d 47 (1985)

In the Interest of M.A., a Child.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lee Rosenthal, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and commitment to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for two counts of sexual battery pursuant to section 794.011(2), Florida Statutes (1983). The sole point on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in declaring that the three year old victim, James Gillespie, was competent to testify as a witness against appellant.

Appellant, M.A., was charged by a petition for...

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