Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lincoln
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1975PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On this appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions of kidnapping and rape after a jury waived trial, 1 the defendant Donald E. Lincoln now claims error only in the judge’s denial of his motion to dismiss the indictments by reason of a certain answer given by the victim to a question asked by one of the members of the grand jury. We hold that the motion was properly denied; there was no error; the judgments will be affirmed.
We note briefly the facts (as they now can be taken to be) needed for an understanding of the case. About 2:30 a.m., October 10, 1971, the victim and her…
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