Commonwealth v. Winfield

On November 15, 2007, a jury convicted the defendant, Keith Winfield, of the forcible rape of a child under sixteen (two counts), indecent assault and battery of a child under fourteen, and assault and battery of a child causing serious bodily injury. On appeal, he argues that the judge erred by (1) denying his motion for required findings of not guilty at the close of the Commonwealth’s case; (2) permitting in evidence inflammatory photographs of the victim’s injuries; (3) permitting redaction of a portion of the defendant’s taped statement to the police; and (4) refusing to permit the…