Hyde v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Hyde was convicted on one count of child molestation and one count of aggravated child molestation, the victim of both being appellant’s daughter, who was four or five years old when the offenses occurred. After his conviction Hyde moved for new trial on the general grounds and the additional grounds that the child (ten years old at the time of trial) was incompetent to testify and that the testimony of the nurse practitioner who had examined and talked with the victim was inadmissible because the witness was not a medical doctor. After denial of the motion,…