Johnson v. Commonwealth

Respectfully, I dissent. A New Year’s Eve party comprised principally of juveniles disintegrated, in part, into a booze and sexual melee with one principal 15-year-old female victim. The multitude of onlookers, if not participants, supplied an abundance of testimony as to the series of occurrences, as related in the majority opinion.

Frankly, the record contains errors, but they are without prejudicial effect. The testimony of Dana Hardy, the clinical psychologist, may be fairly analyzed, in light of this entire record, as being harmless error. The victim and every individual who made…