Commonwealth v. Revells

The defendant, Paul Revells, was convicted of four counts of rape of a child with force, G. L. c. 265, § 22A, after a *493jury trial in the Superior Court Department. He subsequently filed a motion for a new trial. On appeal from his convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial, he primarily claims error in the admission of testimony under the first complaint doctrine. We affirm.

Background. We relate the testimony presented at trial as it pertains to the issue of the first complaint doctrine. The victim testified as the Commonwealth’s first witness.1 She provided a detailed…