Herrera v. State

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Francisco Javier Herrera, challenges his convictions and sentences for seven counts of capital sexual battery on a child under twelve years of age and two counts of committing a lewd act on a child. We affirm.

While appellant raises several issues in this appeal, he primarily alleges that the trial judge committed fundamental error by qualifying the child victim as a competent witness in the presence of the jury. Appellant equates the judge’s competency qualification of the child with an improper endorsement of her credibility. We disagree. Prior to the…