Case Name: KEASLER v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1983-02-28
Citations: 165 Ga. App. 561
Docket Number: 65063
Parties: KEASLER v. THE STATE.
Judges: Deen, P. J., Quillian, P. J., McMurray, P. J, Banke, Birdsong, Sognier and Pope, JJ, concur. Carley, J., dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 561–562

Head Matter:
65063.
KEASLER v. THE STATE.
Decided February 28, 1983.
Douglas D. Slade, Julian M. Treadway, Alfred Johnson, for appellant.
F. Larry Salmon, District Attorney, Robert D. Engelhart, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Shulman, Chief Judge.
While on probation for a previous offense, appellant was accused . of two incidents of child molestation. Following an evidentiary hearing conducted pursuant to a petition to revoke appellant's probation, the trial court entered an order requiring that appellant serve the remainder of his probated sentence.
1. In two enumerations of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in permitting the two complaining witnesses to testify. That argument is based on a contention that the two girls, ages 9 and 13, were incompetent to testify due to their infancy. There was no objection on that ground in the trial court, so no issue regarding the witness' competency is properly before this court. OCGA § 24-9-7 (Code Ann. § 38-1601). Smith v. State, 144 Ga. App. 579 (2) (241 SE2d 465).
2. Appellant's remaining enumerations are on the general grounds. " '[T]he quantum of evidence sufficient to justify revocation of probation is less than that necessary to sustain a conviction in the first instance, and where there is even slight evidence of misconduct the appellate court will not interfere with revocation unless there has been manifest abuse of discretion.' [Cit.]" Johnson v. State, 142 Ga. App. 124, 126 (235 SE2d 550).
Though the evidence in this case was not overwhelming, the record does not show an abuse of discretion by the trial court. Accordingly, the judgment of that court is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Deen, P. J., Quillian, P. J., McMurray, P. J, Banke, Birdsong, Sognier and Pope, JJ, concur. Carley, J., dissents.