Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McDonough
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 12, 1987PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
In November, 1984, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted the defendant, James W. McDonough, for forcible, unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under the age of sixteen. The acts were alleged to have occurred between August 22, 1979, and May 14, 1982. After trial in the Superior Court in Suffolk County, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of statutory rape. G. L. c. 265, § 23 (1986 ed.). The defendant was sentenced to a term of from seven to twelve years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. The defendant appealed, and we transferred the case to this court on…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by42 opinions
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