Ferrer v. State

HORTON, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence of one year imposed pursuant to an adjudication of guilt upon the charge of making a lewd, lascivious and indecent assault against a seven-year old child. The points raised on appeal question the actions of .the trial judge in determining the competency of the child to testify, as a witness, and his adjudication of the appellant’s guilt upon the child’s unsupported testimony.

The alleged victim was the principal witness upon whom the prosecution’s case rested. The defendant raised the objection as to her competency to…