Legal Opinion
Posey v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 1945No. 247PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted of assault of an indecent nature on a ten year old boy. Two errors are assigned.
The first error claimed is that the victim of the assault was not competent to testify, because when preliminarily questioned by the trial court he stated he did not know the difference between right and wrong and did not know the meaning of an oath. The record discloses the following:
“Eugene Williams of 724 6th Street, N. E., Washington, D. C., stated that he was ten years old; that he knew the difference between telling a lie and telling the truth; that he did not…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Bracey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Kidwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912
- State v. WeitzelOregon Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- United States v. SlozesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1951
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