When is a Child Witness Competent to Testify?

State v. Bueso, ___ N.J. ___ (2016).  Today, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of how a trial court should evaluate the competency of a child witness to testify.  The child in question, M.C., was a seven-year old girl who alleged that, at age five, she had been sexually molested by defendant, who was the […]

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