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Commonwealth v. Rosa

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 9, 1992PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree, kidnapping, and aggravated rape, the defendant, Thomas Rosa, Jr., appeals. On appeal, he alleges that the prosecutor’s summation was improper. Rosa asserts that the prosecutor made substantive use of testimony admitted solely to impeach the credibility of the defendant’s wife. The defendant concludes that the prosecutor’s summation requires reversal. We agree. We comment briefly on some issues likely to recur at a retrial.

1. Procedural background. Rosa was first tried on these charges in late September and early October of 1986 in Superior Court for…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  2. Commonwealth v. DwyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  4. Commonwealth v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. QuallsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997

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