Maynard v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant brings this appeal from his conviction of four counts of child molestation and raises three enumerations of error.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court’s failure to éxamine the victim’s competency to testify after she had been subjected to direct, cross, and redirect examination by counsel constitutes reversible error. We disagree.

OCGA § 24-9-7 (b) states: “If an objection to competency is known, it shall be taken before the witness is examined at all.” Appellant did not object when the assistant district attorney called the seven-year-old girl to the witness…