Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pope
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 13, 1984PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
In April, 1981, a Worcester County grand jury returned four indictments against the defendant, Riley J. Pope, which charged indecent assault and battery on two complainants, assault with intent to rape a third complainant, and rape by unnatural sexual intercourse of a fourth complainant.
Pope had a trial on the indictments before a jury sitting in the Superior Court in Worcester County. The trial judge allowed the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty on one of the indecent assault and battery indictments when the alleged victim did not appear to testify. Mass. R. Crim. P. 25…
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