Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Santiago
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 4, 2002PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
On April 15, 1998, a grand jury returned two indictments charging the defendant with rape of a child under *621the age of sixteen years in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23, and indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen years, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B. Both incidents were alleged to have occurred in December, 1990. A jury convicted the defendant of the indecent assault and battery, but acquitted him on the rape charge.
On appeal, the defendant claimed that a statement made by the victim’s mother to the police at the time of his arrest in 1998 was improperly…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Tezeno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Commonwealth v. ZagranskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. CrawfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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- Commonwealth v. McCoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. SimonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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