State v. Barber

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant has brought forward assignments of error by which he contends that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the defendant to cross-examine the six-year-old victim about testimony she gave during the competency voir dire, that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of Michael Barrier in violation of the clergy-communicant privilege, and that the trial court permitted the prosecutor to impermissibly comment on the defendant’s failure to testify. The assignments and contentions are without merit.

The defendant was charged with the first degree rape of…