Adams v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of kidnapping. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred by allowing a seven-year-old witness to testify who was not shown to be competent, and that the in-court identification of appellant by two witnesses was tainted by improper pretrial identification procedures.

Johnnie Raborn, William Bullard and a boy named Shannon were riding their bicycles at an old racetrack after school when appellant came out of some woods, picked Raborn up and carried him into the woods. Raborn choked appellant, who then put Raborn down; when Raborn said he would scream…