Commonwealth v. Monteiro

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defend*490ant was convicted of three counts of forcible rape of a child, pursuant to G. L. c. 265, § 22A, as amended by St. 1988, c. 194, § 237. The central focus of his appeal is his contention that the Commonwealth introduced evidence of multiple extrajudicial complaints by the victim, in contravention of the “first complaint” rule. On the basis of this and related evidentiary errors, we reverse.

Background. As established at trial, the charges against the defendant resulted from the December, 2004, disclosure by the victim, whom we call Jack, that…