Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Armstrong
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 3, 2008No. 07-P-1318PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
This appeal follows a jury-waived trial in which the trial judge found the defendant guilty on seven indictments charging forcible rape of a child and one indictment charging assault with intent to rape a child. See G. L. c. 265, §§ 22A, 24B.
One of the issues presented by the defendant on appeal is unique to the first two rape indictments. These two charges arise out of acts of digital and oral rape of the victim that occurred during a cross-country trip at an unknown location in a State outside Massachusetts. The Commonwealth submits that, because the trip originated in Massachusetts, with a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Strassheim v. DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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