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PEOPLE v. KAMARA

288 A.D.2d 140 (2001)

733 N.Y.S.2d 404

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. OUMAR KAMARA, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided November 27, 2001.

The court properly exercised its discretion in permitting the six-year-old victim to give sworn testimony. Her responses established that she sufficiently understood the difference between truth and falsity, the moral duty to tell the truth and the consequences of lying, including divine retribution (see, People v Nisoff, 36 N.Y.2d 560, 565-566; People v Cordero, 257 A.D.2d 372, lv denied...

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