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MATTER OF DAKIM J.

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90 A.D.3d 578 (2011)

934 N.Y.S.2d 806

2011 NY Slip Op 9534

In the Matter of DAKIM J., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

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

Decided December 27, 2011.

The court properly permitted the seven-year-old victim to give sworn testimony. The victim's voir dire responses established that he sufficiently understood the difference between truth and falsity, the nature of a promise to tell the truth, and the wrongfulness and consequences of lying (see People v Nisoff, 36 N.Y.2d 560, 565-566 [1975]; People v Cordero, 257 A.D.2d 372 [1999], lv denied...

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