State v. CJ

32 P.3d 1051 (2001)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

C.J., Appellant.

No. 19558-9-III.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Five.

October 18, 2001.

Charles E. Alden, Kennewick, for Appellant.

Andrew K. Miller, Sylvia T. Cornish, Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Kennewick, for Respondent.

KURTZ, C.J.

Thirteen-year-old C.J. was convicted of sexually molesting her 3-year-old cousin. At her trial, the judge declared that the 4-year-old child witness was incompetent to testify, but the court admitted his statements as a 3-year-old declarant to his parents and an investigating police officer.…