STATE v. WARD

No. 9421SC460.

455 S.E.2d 666 (1995)

118 N.C. App. 389

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert Eugene WARD, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Boyles Niblock & Green by Laurel O. Boyles, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

Atty. Gen. Michael F. Easley by Associate Atty. Gen. Carol K. Barnhill, for the State.


EAGLES, Judge.

I.

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in finding that the victim was competent to testify and in allowing her to testify. The victim was four years old when she testified and the alleged offenses occurred when she was two years of age. Defendant argues that because of the victim's age and because of her inconsistent answers as to whether she knew what it meant to tell the truth, she was not competent to testify. G.S. 8C-1, Rule...

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