Sentence examples for competent to testify from inspiring English sources
On Monday, Judge M. Teresa Sarmina of Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia ruled that Cardinal Bevilacqua was legally competent to testify in the trial.
He said top administration officials discouraged him from testifying while simultaneously telling the lead government lawyer in the case that he was not competent to testify.
According to findings laid out by state investigators, only two Penn State employees were known to have witnessed Sandusky committing a sex crime: a janitor, who now has dementia and is not competent to testify, and McQueary.
It recommended that states presume children, regardless of age, to be competent to testify in court and that some out-of-court statements be allowed in court because some children freeze or recant on the witness stand.
Magnotta was competent to testify but did not make himself available to the jury or to the Crown for cross-examination".
Psychiatric experts who have examined Mr. Loughner were scheduled to testify in a hearing on Tuesday that he was competent to stand trial and understood the 49 charges against him, The Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.
At his trial, the court determined that L.P. was not competent to serve as a witness, but it allowed members of the preschool staff to testify about what he had said to them.
Meanwhile, Trusdale continued to testify.
"She's scared to testify.
