PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


292 A.D.2d 284 (2002)

739 N.Y.S.2d 381

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SAMMY JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

Decided March 26, 2002.


The court properly determined that the eight-year-old victim demonstrated sufficient intelligence and capacity, as well as a sufficient understanding of the obligation of an oath and the consequences of giving false testimony, to justify his being sworn as a witness (see, People v Nisoff, 36 N.Y.2d 560, 566; People v Parks, 41 N.Y.2d 36, 46; People v Cordero, 257...

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