Commonwealth v. Hammond

The defendant, a twenty-two year old woman, was convicted of raping a thirteen year old boy, a fourteen year old boy, and a fifteen year old boy, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23. On appeal, the defendant claims that there were three main defects with her prosecution: (1) the incriminating statements she made to police should have been suppressed; (2) the video recording of these statements that was shown at trial should have been further redacted; and (3) the prosecutor’s closing argument was improper. In addition, the defendant contends that the trial judge’s lack of authority to relieve…