DELACRUZ v. STATE

No. 97-4507.

734 So.2d 1116 (1999)

Nelson DELACRUZ, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Jamie Spivey, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers and Carolyn J. Mosley, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


WEBSTER, J.

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant challenges his conviction, following a jury trial, for a lewd, lascivious or indecent act upon a child. He argues that the trial court erroneously (1) found that the alleged child victim was competent to testify; and (2) held that, if the child was not competent to testify, there was sufficient corroborating evidence to allow into evidence the child's out-of-court statements...

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