Commonwealth v. Ragonesi

The defendant has appealed from convictions by a jury on indictments charging him with kidnaping (G. L. c. 265, § 26), assault and battery (G. L. c. 265, § 13A) and aggravated rape (three counts) (G. L. c. 265, § 22[a)). Only two questions need be considered.

1. The complainant, when age sixteen, and the defendant, when twenty-eight, had formed an intimate relationship some three years prior to the date of the offences alleged, which was November 23, 1980. The relationship ultimately appeared to sour, and the two had seen each other only once, in a public place during the five months preceding…