Carter v. State

SHIELDS, Judge.

Defendant-appellant William B. Carter was charged in a two-count indictment with the offenses of sodomy 1 and rape 2 and, after a bench trial, was convicted of sodomy and assault and battery with intent to gratify sexual desires. 3 In this appeal, Carter raises the following issues within the context of a general sufficiency of the evidence argument: 4(1) the competency of the seven (7) year old female victim to testify;(2) whether the trial court erred in permitting the victim’s parents to remain in the courtroom during her testimony;(3) the sufficiency of the uncorroborated…