Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McKinnon
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 30, 1993No. 92-P-1484PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
Alice (a fictitious name) was the defendant’s stepdaughter. At the defendant’s trial, Alice testified that when she was seven the defendant raped her, and her mother (Kathy), now deceased, testified in a video deposition taken at the Brockton Hospital, where she was under treatment for cancer, that Alice first mentioned the rape to her two years and ten months after the event. There was no other evidence of any importance. On the basis of Alice’s testimony, and the “fresh complaint” testimony of her mother, the jury found the defendant guilty of rape of a child under sixteen, with force. See…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. ChalifouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. DillonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. McCormickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- United States v. George MandokaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
- State v. L.P.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2002
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