Commonwealth v. Appleby

The defendant, Kenneth A. Appleby, appeals from his convictions of rape and kidnapping. He raises numerous issues concerning the right to counsel at trial, procedure, and evidence. We affirm.

The facts are sordid. For present purposes, we need give only an outline of the evidence. Facts pertinent to the issues raised will appear in appropriate sections of this opinion. In the early morning hours of October 22, 1977, the victim, a resident of New York city, was abducted from that city by the defendant and another person, James Carey Junkin, and taken by car to a house in West Springfield,…