Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Caldwell
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 31, 1994No. 93-P-843PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
Two women in their early twenties were abducted in downtown Springfield at approximately 3:00 a.m. on August 18, 1985, as they entered the automobile of one of the women. A man surprised them from behind and, displaying a knife, ordered them into the front seat. Holding the knife between their heads, he drove through Springfield until he came to Blunt Park, near American International College. Once there, one of the women was raped repeatedly, and both women were forced to perform a variety of sexual acts, all of which lasted about one and one-half hours. After the rapes, the assailant…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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- Commonwealth v. CaldwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
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