Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. King
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 2002PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
Following a jury-waived trial in the District Court, *253the defendant was convicted of assault and battery. The Appeals Court affirmed the judgment in a memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28. Commonwealth v. King, 50 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 (2001). We granted his application for further appellate review. He contends that the victim’s statements to police in the immediate aftermath of the incident should not have been admitted as spontaneous utterances because the victim’s later recantation of the accusations rendered her spontaneous utterances unreliable. He also argues that the judge…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. FunchesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WheltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. ZagranskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by32 opinions
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