Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Quinn

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 19, 2013No. 11-P-1910PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

After a mistrial, the defendant, Kevin Quinn, was retried before a jury and the same Superior Court judge and was *760convicted of forcible rape of a child and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child. On appeal, the defendant argues, first, that the prosecutor’s cross-examination of the victim’s therapist exceeded the permissible bounds of expert testimony; and second, that it was error to exclude evidence that the victim was pregnant when she made her first complaint of sexual assault by the defendant. We affirm.

Factual background. We summarize the facts the jury could reasonably…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. TrowbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. Quincy Q.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. ApplebyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014

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