Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LaSota
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 19, 1990No. 89-P-639 & 89-P-831PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted on five counts of rape and abuse of a child (G. L. c. 265, § 23), his daughter. He raises several issues in these consolidated appeals from the convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial.
Background
The events leading up to the defendant’s arrest on May 27, 1987, began on April 8, 1987, when the victim, then sixteen years old, told a high school teacher that she had to leave her home. At first, she complained of having “nothing to do at home.” She told her teacher, Robert Loiselle, that she felt “like a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. AdamidesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. AvilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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