Durant v. Commonwealth

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• holding that the child need not understand the meaning of the “oath,” but must recognize that she has a duty to tell the truth
• holding that although a judge presiding in a jury trial determines a witness’s competency to testify, “the weight to be given to the evidence and a determination of the witness’s credibility are matters for the fact finder to decide”
• holding that although a judge presiding in a jury trial determines a witness’s competency to testify, “the weight to be given to the evidence and a determination of the witness’s credibility are matters for the fact finder to decide”
• holding that although a judge presiding in a jury trial determines a witness’s competency to testify, “the weight to be given to the evidence and a determination of the witness’s credibility are matters for the fact finder to decide”
• trial court’s judgment as to competence of child witness will not be disturbed on appeal absent manifest error
• trial court's judgment as to competence of child witness will not be disturbed on appeal absent manifest error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).