Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pina
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 23, 1990PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant appeals from convictions of breaking and entering a dwelling at night with intent to commit a felony and making an assault therein, and three counts of aggravated rape. We transferred the case from the Appeals Court to this court on our own initiative. We now affirm the convictions.
For background purposes, we state relevant facts which are uncontested except in one identified particular. The alleged crimes occurred at the victim’s apartment on Revere Street, Boston, on the night of April 30 - May 1, 1983. The victim had been alone. A black man suddenly…
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