Green v. State

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

The first special ground of defendant’s amended motion for new trial assigns error on the ruling of the trial court that a witness was competent after the defendant had raised the question of such witness’s competency. Upon the call of such witness the following transpired: Counsel for defendant: “Your Honor, before this witness testifies we challenge her mental competency.” Solicitor general: “We will make a showing, Your Honor.” The witness was then asked a series of questions including the question if she knew right from wrong, and what it meant to take an oath,…