Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pelosi
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 19, 2004PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of two counts of rape and of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen years. The victims were his children. A divided panel of the Appeals Court affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Pelosi, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 390 (2002). We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review.
The principal issue we consider is whether the motion judge made an adequate determination of privilege under the protocol set forth in Commonwealth v. Bishop, 416 Mass. 169 (1993) (Bishop), when she denied the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. FayerweatherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DwyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Martin v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. SealyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Rodriguez v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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