Prosecutors Want Five-Year Old to Testify

The Advocate reports that the first-degree murder trial of Edward T. Washington, Sr. was halted yesterday after prosecutors attempted to place the defendant's five-year old son on the stand. The child, who was two at the time of the crime, was the only person to survive an attack in his home in April 2000. The attack left four people dead, including his mother. Judge Bonnie Jackons said it would take all of Thursday afternoon to adequately research the law and indicated that this should have been litigated prior to trial.

Posted by AJR at July 25, 2003 08:38 AM