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To: PAR35
“ Good luck on trying to get a 5 year old's testimony admitted in court.”

If a child shows the court they know the difference between a lie and the truth, and that telling a lie is bad, they are competent to testify at trial.

22 posted on 08/20/2025 5:17:19 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

I’ll yield to you on the current state of Georgia law on testimony from young children. Back in the day judges knew that very young children tended to be people pleasers who would give the answers that were wanted.


24 posted on 08/20/2025 6:04:08 AM PDT by PAR35
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