Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Arana
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 13, 2009PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant on seven indictments: one charging rape of a child with force, G. L. c. 265, § 22A; one charging assault with attempt to commit rape, G. L. c. 265, § 24; two charging the lesser offense of indecent assault and battery on a person who has attained the age of fourteen years, G. L. c. 265, § 13H; and three charging delivering of liquor to a person under twenty-one years of age, G. L. c. 138, § 34.1 On appeal, the defendant asserts that a repetitive pattern of evidentiary errors, in violation of the “first complaint” doctrine set forth in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. PeruzziMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. AvilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. HoytMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. DargonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. KebreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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