Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reid
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 3, 1987PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
Following a jury trial in the Superior Court in Berkshire County, the defendant, David Reid, was found guilty of rape of a child without force, and assault and battery. In the Appeals Court the defendant claimed error in the following respects: the trial judge’s not charging the jury regarding indecent assault and battery as a lesser included offense of the rape of a child without force; the exclusion of evidence that the victim herself may have caused the condition which suggested penetration; and the judge’s failure to conduct a complete voir dire on the issue of the victim’s competency. He…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GallantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DockhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. EgardoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. KeohaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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