Commonwealth v. Rockwood

Among the points which the defendant Rockwood raises on his appeal from a conviction of indecent assault and battery on a minor,1 the only one not abundantly explored in recent case law is whether an oath must be administered to a witness who undergoes voir dire examination for competency.

*11381. The facts. We summarize the pertinent facts which the evidence permitted the jury to find. In 1986, Rockwood, the father of the victim, moved into his woman friend’s household in Braintree; meanwhile his ex-wife and the victim, his six-year-old daughter, lived in Whitman. From the time of her parents’…