Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thayer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 14, 1994PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The defendants, Clarence and Isabell Thayer, husband and wife, were tried jointly on indictments charging them with forcible rape of their two children, 2 both under the age of sixteen in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 22A (1992 ed.), and with indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B (1992 ed.). After trial, the defendants were found guilty of statutory rape (G. L. c. 265, § 23) and indecent assault and battery. The defendants appealed to the Appeals Court which reversed the convictions of statutory rape and affirmed the convictions…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. DockhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. SantoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by37 opinions
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