Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Torres
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 12, 1987PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The defendant was indicted for the crimes of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery on a child who had attained the age of fourteen. After a jury trial he was convicted of the lesser included offense of rape on the indictment charging aggravated rape. The defendant was acquitted on the other two indictments. The judge allowed the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty. Mass.R.Crim.P. 25(b)(2), 378 Mass. 896 (1979). The Commonwealth has appealed the judge’s decision. Mass.R.Crim.P. 25(c)(1), inserted by 389 Mass. 1107 (1983).
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- United States v. Roy Arthur NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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