D. L. N. v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
GUITTARD, Chief Justice.
Appellant, a fifteen-year-old boy, was found by a jury to have engaged in deviate sexual intercourse with a three-year-old girl and was placed on probation by the juvenile court. He complains on this appeal that he was denied a fair trial because of improper admission of evidence, that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and that the only eye-witness, an eight-year-old child, was incompetent to testify. We hold that the witness was competent, but we conclude that appellant was prejudiced by improper evidence. Consequently, we reverse and remand for a…
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