Judgment affirmed.
The defendant was convicted of murder, attempted murder and assault deriving from his stabbing of two children, one of whom died. These attacks were witnessed by three children who knew the defendant as a resident of their apartment building. The three children, all under the age of 12, testified; one under oath and the other two offering unsworn testimony.
While there is no precise age at which a child is deemed competent to testify at...
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