State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. David Bueso (a/K/A Yasmin Bueso, David Abejael Bueso, Yasmin A. Bueso…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and remanded, holding that the trial court’s competency determination for the child witness was not plain error and that the defendant did not waive his right to challenge that determination by failing to object at trial. The Court also affirmed that a prosecutor may question a child witness and that leading questions are permissible in a competency inquiry.