Alicea v. State

HILL, Justice.

Appellant Feliz Alicea (Alicea) seeks review of his convictions on six counts for committing sex crimes on children. Alicea contends that the trial court erred in failing to hold a pretrial hearing to determine if the children had sufficient memory to be considered competent to testify. He also asserts that a "taint" hearing should have been conducted to determine if the victims' testimony had been so corrupted by the investigative interviews conducted by a pastor and a school teacher at a religious school, as well as by a detective and a social worker, in preparation for…