Pendergrass v. State

Shulman, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of molesting his minor stepdaughter. He now appeals, enumerating three errors.

1. The victim was 8 years old at the time of appellant’s trial, and the trial court found her competent to testify. Appellant maintains that the trial court abused its discretion in so ruling.

The child testified that she understood what it meant to tell the truth, the consequences of telling a lie, that telling the truth was the right thing to do, and that telling a lie was the wrong thing to do. She told the judge what a promise was and then promised him that she would…